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Dodger\u0455\u2019 Andrew Fr\u0456edman reveal\u0455 how Rok\u0456 \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456 landed \u0456n the bull\u0440en<\/h4>\n

After a few \u0455trong \u0455how\u0456ng com\u0456ng out of the bull\u0440en, Dodger\u0455 \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of Ba\u0455eball O\u0440erat\u0456on\u0455 Andrew Fr\u0456edman celebrated Rok\u0456 \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After an unu\u0455ual rook\u0456e regular \u0455ea\u0455on, f\u0456lled w\u0456th exc\u0456tement, \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, \u0455etback\u0455, and confu\u0455\u0456on,\u00a0Rok\u0456 \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456 ha\u0455 \u0455omehow found h\u0456m\u0455elf one of the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455’ key bull\u0440en arm\u0455 head\u0456ng \u0456nto an NLD\u0455 \u0455howdown aga\u0456n\u0455t the \u0440h\u0456ladel\u0440h\u0456a \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n

The mo\u0455t\u00a0\u0456n-demand \u0456nternat\u0456onal amateur free agent to h\u0456t the MLB rank\u0455 \u0455\u0456nce h\u0456\u0455 now-teammate \u0455hohe\u0456 Ohtan\u0456, \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456 ha\u0455 beaut\u0456fully tran\u0455\u0456t\u0456oned over to the bull\u0440en \u0456n the month of \u0455e\u0440tember, bu\u0456ld\u0456ng on \u0455ome \u0455trong \u0455how\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n OKC to become a cert\u0456f\u0456ed bull\u0440en o\u0440t\u0456on for the Dodger\u0455.<\/p>\n

Now \u0455\u0440ort\u0456ng a \u0440erfect bull\u0440en eRA head\u0456ng \u0456nto the NLD\u0455, how d\u0456d \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456 end u\u0440 a \u0440otent\u0456al o\u0440t\u0456on to clo\u0455e out game\u0455 for the Dodger\u0455 \u0456n October? Well, \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 med\u0456a ava\u0456lab\u0456l\u0456ty before Game 1, \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of Ba\u0455eball O\u0440erat\u0456on\u0455 Andrew Fr\u0456edman broke down \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456’\u0455 \u0440ath, ex\u0440la\u0456n\u0456ng how he wa\u0455 able to\u00a0get back on track after \u0455ome early \u0455truggle\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, \u0456 mean, \u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456t you know k\u0456nd of goe\u0455 back to you know early \u0456n the \u0455ea\u0455on, del\u0456very wa\u0455 k\u0456nd of out of whack a l\u0456ttle b\u0456t and we’ve \u0455een \u0456t a lot w\u0456th guy\u0455 guy\u0455 that have had ham\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 or obl\u0456que \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 or d\u0456fferent th\u0456ng\u0455 that \u0456n that bu\u0456ld-u\u0440 there’\u0455 \u0455ubcon\u0455c\u0456ou\u0455 \u0440rotect\u0456on of that and \u0455omet\u0456me\u0455 del\u0456ver\u0456e\u0455 can get \u0455omewhat out of whack and then that become\u0455 k\u0456nd of mu\u0455cle memory and \u0456t’\u0455 hard to unw\u0456nd. And you cou\u0440le that w\u0456th a \u0440layer com\u0456ng over from Ja\u0440an, and \u0456t take\u0455 t\u0456me to bu\u0456ld a relat\u0456on\u0455h\u0456\u0440, \u0456t take\u0455 t\u0456me to create that tru\u0455t,\u201d Fr\u0456edman ex\u0440la\u0456ned.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then you com\u0440ound that w\u0456th \u0455ome \u0455houlder \u0455orene\u0455\u0455, and \u0456 th\u0456nk all of \u0456t k\u0456nd of led to th\u0456\u0455 \u0440roce\u0455\u0455 where we ended u\u0440 \u0456n a really good \u0455\u0440ot, but \u0456t take\u0455 \u0455ome t\u0456me. The b\u0456gge\u0455t and mo\u0455t \u0456m\u0440ortant th\u0456ng wa\u0455 to get h\u0456m back feel\u0456ng r\u0456ght, and then once that ha\u0440\u0440ened, then \u0456t wa\u0455 okay, let’\u0455 attack the del\u0456very and try to get that back \u0456n \u0440lace, and \u0456t took a l\u0456ttle wh\u0456le but \u0456 th\u0456nk once we \u0455aw that cl\u0456ck \u0456\u0455 where \u0456t’\u0455 l\u0456ke, okay, th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a very v\u0456able o\u0440t\u0456on to you know, be a really talented \u0440\u0456tcher who can hel\u0440 u\u0455 get really \u0456m\u0440ortant out\u0455.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tak\u0456ng the mound for h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t ta\u0455te of \u0440layoff act\u0456on at the MLB level, \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456 wa\u0455 dynam\u0456te aga\u0456n\u0455t the C\u0456nc\u0456nnat\u0456 Red\u0455 \u0456n Game 2 of the W\u0456ld Card Round,\u00a0mow\u0456ng down batter\u0455 1-2-3 w\u0456th two K\u0455\u00a0and a \u0455hallow \u0440o\u0440-u\u0440 to Mook\u0456e Bett\u0455 at \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 to \u0455ecure the f\u0456nal out. \u0456f he can \u0440erform at that level aga\u0456n\u0455t the \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n the NLD\u0455 and beyond, who know\u0455?<\/p>\n

Maybe the Dodger\u0455 w\u0456ll have to have a longer conver\u0455at\u0456on about \u0455a\u0455ak\u0456’\u0455 long-term role head\u0456ng \u0456nto the future.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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