![]() ![]() It's those little things that I remember." It felt like I was just hanging and it was my mom. "I was eating popcorn and the Canadian national anthem is playing and I'm sitting. "I was 8 years old and we were at an Angels game," Freeman recalled. Rosemary Freeman died of skin cancer when Freddie was just 10 years old, but he knows what Canada meant to his mother even at that young age, even though he was born and raised in Southern California after his parents had moved from Ontario. I think this is the right move to honor Rosemary Freeman." "I think she would be proud that I'm doing this. "I'm not sure this is what she would want me to do, but in my heart, this is what I feel I should be doing to honor her," Freeman said before the WBC. ![]() Like then, Canada is a long shot, while Team USA is a favorite to take the title, but that's not what's important to Freeman. ![]() It's the same decision he made in 2017, when the U.S. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman turned down the option to play for the United States in this year's WBC, choosing instead to represent the country where his late mother was born and grew up. PHOENIX - When Team USA takes the field for the World Baseball Classic with a star-studded roster Monday night at Chase Field, Freddie Freeman will be in the other dugout wearing a red uniform with Canada written across his chest. MLB, World Baseball Classic, Los Angeles Dodgers WBC 2023: Why Freddie Freeman is playing for Team Canada You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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