Former Braves star Freddie Freeman is teaching his son everything about baseball, including which teams to root for and which to root against.
Freddie Freeman may play for the Los Angeles Dodgers now, but his heart will always be with Atlanta.
The star slugger spent over a decade crushing balls for the Atlanta Braves, during which he earned five All-Star nods and made some of the best memories of his MLB career. And yes, that includes his class performances against a bitter and hated rival, the New York Mets.
In Freeman's entire career, he has recorded 30 homers and 121 RBIs against the Mets, batting .302 overall. He's been on both sides of series sweeps in those 12 wonderful years with the highlight of his Atlanta tenure arguably being his 2021 World Series win in his last season.
To this day, seeing Freeman in a Dodgers uniform is weird. Awkward. Strange. The first baseman is killing it per usual, slashing .317/.396/.551 so far this season in L.A. and even collecting a rare milestone along the way.
For those asking where his loyalty lies when he's hung up his cleats and is watching his son on the television screen instead, just watch the video below.
Former Braves star Freddie Freeman is preparing his son to terrorize Mets
Freddie Freeman's son, Charlie, can be seen essentially hitting a ball out of the park at CitiField, much to his dad's elation.
Like father, like son — Freddie taught him well. The six-year-old Charlie has been crushing it in his youth baseball games, to no one's real surprise, and may very well follow in his dad's footsteps all the way to the majors.
In 15 years, it will be 2038. Charlie will be 21 years old and potentially playing for his first MLB team. Why shouldn't it be the Braves? Or at the very least, it definitely won't be the Mets.
Predicting Charlie the toddler to make it all the way to the MLB is… insane. Predicting him to become an All-Star at age 21 is even wilder considering Freddie Freeman didn't earn that honor until he was 23.
But right now, with Braves fever reaching an all-time high and with the laughable flop that is the massively-bankrolled NY Mets, fans are going to let their imaginations take ahold of them in 2023. This is the Atlanta Braves' world, and we're just living in it.