Atlanta Braves is back in a World Series after a 22-year absence, Freddie Freeman He could be the biggest idol of his hobby and this is his story.
He was born on September 12 since 1989.
He is originally from the State of California and since he was little he practiced baseball with the dream of playing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) someday.
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Long before his dream came true, the first base he suffered the loss of his mother when he was barely ten years old; the cause of death was skin cancer.
Two years later, his father also lost his life.
All that was not an impediment to Freeman to continue fighting for his goal, until in 2007 he was drafted by his team in the second round of the Draft.
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Since then he has improved enormously and is now three victories away from being proclaimed champion of the Big leagues, remembering that tonight the third game will be played against Houston Astros at SunTrust Park with the series paired 1-1.
The player he prayed when he caught Covid-19.
Contracted the coronavirus in July 2019 presenting symptoms that made him think that he would not survive, having to resort to religion to ask for his salvation and that is how it was.
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Another curious fact about his career is that, also having Canadian nationality because it is the country where his parents were born, he represented him at the 2017 World Cup in honor of them, especially his mother.
This season he has connected 180 hits (31 home runs).
That is how Freddie Freeman has become an idol of Atlanta Braves, but also a great example for society that effort is the key to success regardless of adversity.
