The absence of tears represented how much can change in four years, especially four years as prosperous as the four years Freddie Freeman has played for the Dodgers.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/dodgers as Dodgers' Freddie Freeman 'So Happy' for Yankees' $218 Million Star Getting Massive Contract. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Freddie Freeman months after winning the 2021 World Series with the Atlanta Braves.

Four years of return visits to Atlanta has prepared Freddie Freeman for another, this time as the starting first baseman for the National League in the All-Star Game. Freeman, now in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Dodgers,

So when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts interceded with one out in the second inning to insert Pete Alonso as a defensive replacement, it gave Freeman a chance to hug his replacement and his teammates, as if it were Senior Day at Duke or whatnot.

This change in team was massive, as Freeman had spent 11 years in Atlanta. Mookie Betts from the Dodgers revealed what went down when Freeman first walked into the Dodgers camp.