TORONTO -- The good-natured Canadian smack talk began before Freddie Freeman even cleared customs late Wednesday night. A citizen of both the United States and Canada, Freeman presented his American passport to the agent at the airport -- which evidently prompted a raised eyebrow.

"The customs agent goes: ‘Why not your Canadian passport?’” Freeman recalled with a laugh. “So it started immediately when I landed.”

Across his 16-year career, Freeman has played in every big-game setting imaginable. He has reached the playoffs in eight straight years, and he’s won two World Series along the way -- with the Braves in ‘21 and with the Dodgers last fall.

A year ago, Freeman etched his name in the history books with the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history , en route to winning

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