Full Circle: The Freddie Freeman Story (Re-Air)

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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You might know about Freddie Freeman, first baseman for the Atlanta Braves, who you’ll see take the field tonight in Game Three of the World Series vs. the Houston Astros. Freeman’s also the Gold Glover and four time All-Star...who battled back from covid to win NL MVP last year. But the Freddie Freeman you don’t know is even more remarkable. In a re-air of our episode from April, Buster Olney takes us inside the E:60 documentary Full Circle: The Freddie Freeman Story, and presents an exclusive and emotional portrait of one of the game’s best players. Freeman opens up as never before about the loss of loved ones, as well as the struggles he and his wife have endured in starting a family of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Pablo here. We're doing something a little different for today's episode, because tonight the Atlanta Braves are going to try and retake their lead in the World Series against the Houston Astros. And one of my favorite episodes of this podcast is a show we did back in April about First Baseman Freddie Freeman, the MVP of the Braves. And the story is about so much more than baseball.
0:24.4	I think it's going to stick with you as it has stuck with me and change the way you see this guy and
0:29.4	the way you watch this World Series going forward.
0:44.7	Buster, you've been working on this story about Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman for a long time now.
0:46.7	What drew you to his story?
0:50.5	Well, of course, he's one of the best players in baseball.
0:59.5	MVP of the National League in 2020, he was probably the most prominent athlete to have a serious case of coronavirus with his temperatures spiking in July to 104.5. But as we did this,
1:09.8	oh my goodness, it really, in my 20 years at ESPN, it's one of the most rewarding stories that I've done, one of the most inspiring stories that I've done because there's just so many layers.
1:20.3	And to see the relationships within Freddie's family and how his life has really come full circle from the time he was a little boy,
1:28.3	to what he experienced in the last year that had nothing to do with baseball.
1:34.3	That was pretty amazing.
1:35.3	You might know about Freddie Freeman, the star of the Atlanta Braves, the gold Glover, the five-time all-star.
1:54.0	And now, for the first time in his 12-year career, he is playing in the World Series.
1:59.0	But the Freddie Freeman, you don't know.
2:03.1	That's even more remarkable.
2:05.6	So today, as the series shifts from Houston to Atlanta,
2:09.7	we bring you Buster Olney's report from this past spring,
2:13.0	an exclusive emotional portrait of one of the game's best players,
2:17.1	someone who opens up as never before
2:19.3	about loss and loved ones and how hard it can be to build a family of your own.
2:27.5	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Friday, October 29th. This is ESPN Daily.
2:39.8	Buster, thanks for joining me, man. I appreciate it.
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