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Angels' Freese rekindled love of the game

After stepping away, All-Star third baseman found World Series fame
@Kelsie_Heneghan
March 4, 2015

After a season together, Tony Dattoli pulled David Freese aside. "I told him point blank that 'You're going to be the first Major Leaguer that I've ever coached,'" the St. Louis Community College-Meramec skipper told his third baseman back in 2003. "He laughed at me and said I was crazy."