The hometown hero was on hand for his Budweiser Bash and to throw out the first pitch, and it was a moment he's had on his mind for a long time. I've thought about it for a while, to be honest. I've really thought about just getting back with my family and friends in one room hanging out, it's been a long time since I've had a lot of friends and family in the seats for a Cardinals game so this is gonna mean a lot," Freese said before the game.
Freese said he was planning to have around 50 or 60 family or friends in attendance for his return. To get on a field and not be on the visiting side. It's been a minute since that and that's kind of where my head's been. Of course, Freese is best remembered for his postseason heroics, where he was named World Series MVP and created an all-time baseball moment with a walk off home run in Game 6.
And he does get reminded of that fact from time to time. You don't get noticed too much, but when you do they come at you pretty hard. His career is done. World Series hero Freese throws out 1st pitch. Share share-square Louis Cardinals Cardinals August 18, Arenado now inhabits the hot corner that used to be his. From the closest spot to home plate he observing every movement, and you could see tension in his demeanor. Freese saved his team with the game-tying two-run triple — THAT triple — in the ninth.
A two-strike, two-out triple that scored Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. There was a moment of fear in each dugout: on the St. Louis side, fear that the ball would be caught by Texas right fielder Nelson Cruz. Goodness, what an intense blast of suspense. Did time stop? No; it just felt that way. There was just no telling how it would turn out while the ball was in the air. We know the ending: Cruz reached up, above his head, but his attempt at intervention failed.
But before we knew for sure, the fly ball was scary as hell. Made everyone freeze except for Freese. Freese gave the Cardinals a sudden-life triumph by sending that home run into history. I mean that changes you. As much as I admire Freese for what he did for the Cardinals — and also the Angels, Pirates and Dodgers — my awe runs deeper for how he handled his life beyond the afterparty. Freese was a Cardinal for five seasons. He made an All-Star team. He started for two NL pennant-winning teams , and for the World Series champs.
The Cardinals, needing a win to even the series, trailed in the fourth inning. But in the bottom half of the fourth, Freese doubled in Berkman and Matt Holliday to give the Cardinals a lead. In the bottom of the sixth he triggered a two-run homer to put his team ahead He batted. Eleven of his 20 hits, including four homers, were rocketed for extra bases. He knocked in 16 runs, scored 11, and mauled his way to a 1. Freese reached base on 53 percent of his plate appearances and slugged. All of this in only 53 plate appearances and 45 at-bats.
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