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<v Speaker 1>Guess who's back. Shady's back, actually, Freddie Freeman back in

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers starting lineup. Freddie, thanks a lot for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate it, Thank you, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>David.

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<v Speaker 1>I've always had a special place in my heart for

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie Freeman and Slim Shady, so that's why I went

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<v Speaker 1>with that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know how to answer that. David.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's great to see a smile on your face again.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the last three days been like for you, because

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<v Speaker 1>we all know you want to play.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's been tough. I think they're getting annoyed. Yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting restless. But yeah, I got a doc

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<v Speaker 2>and I talked Sunday night and he called me. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously I didn't play the way I wanted to play

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<v Speaker 2>last week. Try to play three things and do the

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<v Speaker 2>best I can, give everything I got, But they thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was best to just give me a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>days and try and you know, get some of the

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<v Speaker 2>pain out of there. It's still fractured. It's not like

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<v Speaker 2>it healed in three days. But I just wasn't able

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<v Speaker 2>to do my routine last week. It was more of

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<v Speaker 2>I take ten to fifteen swings and try to go

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<v Speaker 2>get him at night. So the last few days I've

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<v Speaker 2>been able to do full routines, so been able to

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<v Speaker 2>practice like I want to practice, So we'll see if

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<v Speaker 2>that translates into a game but able to do what

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<v Speaker 2>I normally do on a game day the last couple

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<v Speaker 2>of days, so hopefully that gives me a better opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to help the team.

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<v Speaker 1>What about gripping the bat, I haven't had an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to ask you about that.

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<v Speaker 2>The crazy thing is, obviously it hurts the grip of bat,

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<v Speaker 2>not as much as it did a few days ago

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<v Speaker 2>and last week. But the most painful thing that I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't realizing was throwing. That was a ten out of

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<v Speaker 2>ten last week in pain scale. I didn't realize that

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<v Speaker 2>swinging gripping wasn't as bad. But obviously these last few

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<v Speaker 2>days taking it off, I didn't do anything. Obviously Monday

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<v Speaker 2>of the day off, and Tuesday I didn't do anything either.

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<v Speaker 2>So we gave it two full days of no gripping

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<v Speaker 2>and throwing, and then a little bit on Wednesday and

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<v Speaker 2>then yesterday full day. So we'll do another full day

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<v Speaker 2>today and hopefully everything is okay throughout the day and

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<v Speaker 2>it's still you know, it still hurts, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to go away eight weeks for a fracture, so

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<v Speaker 2>but the pain is a lot less than it was

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<v Speaker 2>last week.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you manage in as far as trying to

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<v Speaker 1>splint it and also make throws and grip the bat.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the hard thing. The first game that I've

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<v Speaker 2>played with it, I had to turn a double play

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<v Speaker 2>and almost through the ball into left field on the turn.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was not because it hurt the throw, is

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<v Speaker 2>because I had to splint on it. It was slipping out

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<v Speaker 2>of that. So today I'm going to try and go

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<v Speaker 2>with nothing, just because I don't want to throw a

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<v Speaker 2>ball away. It's not like it hurts. It hurts the throw,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can still control everything. It's just pain management.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was a little worried that I will slip

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<v Speaker 2>off the splint, So I'm going to try and take

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<v Speaker 2>round balls and throw without it and see what the

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<v Speaker 2>pain level is. Obviously, but if I have to splint,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna have to splin it, you know. I just

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<v Speaker 2>got to be able to manage this thing and get

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<v Speaker 2>through the rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Freddie Freeman is our guest in front of first pitch

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<v Speaker 1>between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, Freddie, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>try to get into your head, but how much were

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<v Speaker 1>these last three days just as vital for a mental

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<v Speaker 1>break because life is still going, still dealing with helping

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<v Speaker 1>Max get better, Jason Hayward is no longer your teammate.

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<v Speaker 1>How much of all that is part of the equation.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's what I try to take the most

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<v Speaker 2>out of these three days. I think we all knew

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<v Speaker 2>the finger wasn't going to be not fractured in three days.

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<v Speaker 2>It was more of you know, life has taken a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of toll on the last month, so I try

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<v Speaker 2>to take as much and try to set the brain

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<v Speaker 2>off as much as I possibly could. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>life is still going. You know, every day is you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to take care of Max and make sure

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<v Speaker 2>he's okay, take care of the other boys, make sure

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<v Speaker 2>Chelsea's okay, make sure everyone's okay. So try and put

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<v Speaker 2>myself on the back burner in these situations. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot going on in life. You know, I get

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<v Speaker 2>to be here in Arizona, away from the family, but

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<v Speaker 2>I get to play baseball, So try and be as

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<v Speaker 2>happy as we possibly can, and you know, I try

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<v Speaker 2>to take the mental break. You know, I'm one to

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<v Speaker 2>fight through everything and play through everything, but sometimes life

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<v Speaker 2>kind of lets you know that you need to take

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<v Speaker 2>a break for a second. And you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if it was more of the finger fracture they

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<v Speaker 2>wanted me to give off for just you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>last month and a half has been pretty hard on

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<v Speaker 2>the Freeman family. So I took the three days as

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<v Speaker 2>much as I could as resting my finger, but also

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get my mind a break too.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure obviously baseball is an escape for you, like

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<v Speaker 1>so many guys, how much of this series is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a great escape to play meaningful games in September?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, this is what we set out to do.

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<v Speaker 2>We all knew this division was gonna be tough at

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<v Speaker 2>the start of it. Every team. You know, you can

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<v Speaker 2>run into any team and that they could play good

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<v Speaker 2>against you. We knew that Diamonbacks went and got better

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<v Speaker 2>than the offseason, same with the Padres. So this is

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<v Speaker 2>what you look forward to as an athlete and the

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<v Speaker 2>competitors to compete. And you know, I think I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know the standings. I think it's three or four

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<v Speaker 2>or five games we're ahead, so big series. We got

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<v Speaker 2>our guys going, we're getting back to full health and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully we've just played good series.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Freddy, thanks a lot for the time. We're

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<v Speaker 1>all very happier, Bet and for a number of different reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>and obviously the city of Los Angeles still wrapping you

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<v Speaker 1>and your family in their arms. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, David very much. Thank you