Freddie Freeman returns to Dodgers' lineup after missing 9 games with ankle injury from shower slip
- Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman returned to the lineup Friday against the Chicago Cubs.
- Freeman's return followed nine games missed due to a right ankle injury from a shower slip.
- An MRI revealed fraying scar tissue, yet no structural damage, in his surgically repaired ankle.
- Freeman said, "I hate to admit it, but I might have needed these 10 days."
- Freeman expects to play daily but will consider rest to pace himself throughout the season.
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Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman returns to lineup, admits he needed time off
LOS ANGELES — The man who never wants to come out of the lineup, who gutted his way through last October’s playoffs and World Series with a severely sprained right ankle and torn rib cartilage, who was proud of the fact he had not been on the injured list in eight years, gave what amounted to a concession speech on Friday. “I hate to admit it,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said with an impish grin upon being activated from the IL before…

Dodgers activate 1B Freddie Freeman from IL
After missing nine games due to an ankle injury, Los Angeles Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman was activated from the 10-day injured list on Friday and in the lineup for the series opener against the visiting Chicago Cubs. Freeman…
Freddie Freeman returns to Dodgers' lineup after missing 9 games with ankle injury from shower slip
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers activated slugger Freddie Freeman off the injured list Friday after he missed nine games with a right ankle injury that resulted from slipping in the shower at home. Freeman said an MRI showed fraying of the scar tissue in his surgically repaired ankle, but he was back to running bases a few days ago. “I hate to say it, but I might have needed the 10 days,” said Freeman, who loathes missing games. “I fe…

Freddie Freeman returns to Dodgers lineup after missing 9 games with ankle injury from shower slip
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