LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.
But that’s the mindset of a veteran who has started all of the Dodgers’ 123 games at first base this season even as his team, with a 19 1/2-game lead entering Friday’s game at Miami, cruises toward its ninth National League West title in 10 years.
“It’s my job,” said Freeman, who is batting .326 with a .920 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 16 homers and 79 RBIs. “I don’t come here to sit on the bench and collect a paycheck. I don’t believe in that. No one in this world comes to work and just sits there. If they did, they’re not going to keep their job, you know?
