Took long enough, but I'm glad it happened at home.'įreeman, 33, joined Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto, Nelson Cruz, Elvis Andrus and Andrew McCutchen among active players who have accumulated at least 2,000 hits. Another special day, one I'll never forget. 'They made another special memory for the Freeman family. 'The fans have embraced my family and I since the day they got here,' Freeman said after a 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Houston Astros. He did it in front of his father, who lives only about a 40-minute drive south, and his wife and his three kids, including Charlie - and in front of 47,000-plus people who serenaded him with two standing ovations. 2,000, making Freeman the sixth active player to reach the milestone. Finally, with two outs in the eighth inning of Sunday's home finale, it came - a scorching double into the right-center-field gap and career hit No. The Los Angeles Dodgers' homestand was coming to an end, a mini slump was prolonging, and Freeman was running out of time. But his 6-year-old son, Charlie, kept reminding him about it. LOS ANGELES - Two-thousand hits hadn't been much of a thought in Freddie Freeman's mind the hallowed number, and the ultimate goal, is 3,000.
