Emotional Freeman Returned to Atlanta for Championship Ring

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman walks to the field for the presentation of his World Series championship ring, before the team's baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, in Atlanta, on Friday, June 24, 2022. AP Photo/Butch Dill

Since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers, Freddie Freeman returned for the first time to Atlanta Friday to play the Braves in a three-game series, and was overwhelmed with emotions—beginning with the pre-game news conference, to the ring ceremony, and during the 4–1 victory over his former team.

The 2020 NL MVP, Freeman played twelve years for the Braves and eventually led the Braves to their first World Series title last year, since 1995.