Freeman reflects on excitement of son’s birth

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ATLANTA — Since he first learned his wife, Chelsea, was pregnant, Freddie Freeman had dealt with the emotions of becoming a father.

But during Wednesday night’s 7-5 loss to the Marlins, the Braves first baseman’s level of excitement reached another level when he found out Chelsea was going into labor.

“Early on in the pregnancy, I got excited, then I got nervous and then I got excited again,” said Freeman, who sprinted out of the home dugout at Turner Field in the bottom of the seventh inning. “But once I got that call, a lot of emotions kind of came in.

“Obviously, I got out of here as quick as I could and we got to the hospital that night. It’s just a pretty surreal moment.”

The couple welcomed their first child, Frederick Charles Freeman II, on Thursday night, more than 24 hours after Chelsea went into labor. Chelsea posted a photo of the …

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