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- Updated: September 15, 2016
ATLANTA — Before Braves manager Brian Snitker even had a chance to say goodbye, Freddie Freeman was gone.
In the bottom of the seventh inning of Wednesday’s 7-5 loss to the Marlins, the Atlanta first baseman hastily sped past his skipper and down the dugout steps after learning his wife, Chelsea, was going into labor with the couple’s first child.
His lone message: “Snit, I’m out of here.”
“I knew she was close,” Snitker said. “I just hope everything works out good for him. He’s …
