That's awful. Praying for his family.
That's awful. Praying for his family.
Freel played on some awful Reds teams, and gave a lot of fans a reason to cheer in an otherwise gloomy situation. I still remember his catch against Pujols, it was one of the most amazing defensive plays in the outfield I've ever seen.
I also remember when he was hit by a pitch, and the ball went into his jersey. He just flipped the bat and ran to first with the ball bouncing around in there.
Another great memory... Randy Johnson was pitching a complete game against us in the 9th. Freel led off the inning with a walk, stole second, then third, and came home to score the go ahead run to win the game, covered in dirt of course.
From his funeral: They did donate some of his brain tissue to research.
http://jacksonville.com/sports/baseb...s-hope-service
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Go 76ers, Go Steelers and Go Bucks
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/15/health...rticle_sidebar
No surprise here.....except maybe the fact that his first one was at 2 years old
Tim McCarver: Baseball Quotes
I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter, that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.
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