Freddie Freeman Earned One of the Most Ridiculous Walks You’ll Ever See and Got an RBI in the Process

This at bat took almost six minutes.
Freddie Freeman Earned One of the Most Ridiculous Walks You’ll Ever See and Got an RBI in the Process
Freddie Freeman Earned One of the Most Ridiculous Walks You’ll Ever See and Got an RBI in the Process /

I know what you’re thinking right out of the bat here—we’re really going to talk about a walk? A walk? We’re here to talk about a walk? 

Yes, Allen Iverson, we are. Because this base on balls by Freddie Freeman in Wednesday night’s Dodgers-Giants game was not your average walk. 

This was a 15-pitch marathon that included nine straight fouls balls. NINE!

This was an at-bat that took almost six minutes. 

This walk came with the bases loaded in a tie game between two rivals who can’t stand each other. 

This walk drove in a run! 

This walk was pure art.

Look at these stats:

Now sit back and watch the at-bat and have fun listening to the announcers chuckle in disbelief after the final few foul balls:

Baseball, man. What a sport. 

MLB fans loved it: 

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