Freddie Freeman Quotes

I wanted to play baseball!

I've played the outfield my whole life. It's like riding a bike.

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I'll go home, I'll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game, kind of see, OK, what did I do? Why'd I miss this pitch? Why'd I hit that pitch?

Each time I go back to bat, I will want to get more and more runs.

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.

Sparky Lyle threw me a slider, and it wound up in the seats. We won, and it was a memorable moment.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.

But I got a guy on third, I was in a jam the other day in a game, all those situations, when you need a strikeout there, in big spots. But we are very aware of that fact, that these guys put the ball in play.

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

Watching tape is key. I basically watch every game. It's the only way to break down your opponents.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.

Now the advantage is all with the hitters.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.

Anytime you can see a hitter and face a hitter, you gain knowledge, and you gain that experience. Whether they hit a homerun off you, or you strike them out or whatever it is, it's information.

When I started in professional baseball, I had what you might call a rude awakening. See this scar right next to my left ear? That's where the pitcher hit me the very first time I came to bat as a pro. I was out cold for about 10 minutes.

Of course I like to watch myself bat. After every innings, match, series, I do watch my own videos whenever I get the time.

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

You score runs to win games. That's how you do it.