Rounding Third
The Freddie Freeman Story of Loss, Loyalty, and the Long Road HomeBy REGINALD A. ROSCOE
Length2h 42m
About this audiobook
ROUNDING THIRD
The Freddie Freeman Story of Loss, Loyalty, and the Long Road Home
He was ten years old when he lost his mother. He was thirty five when he hit the biggest home run of his life, and he still wasn't sure he'd ever stop grieving her.
Freddie Freeman built one of the most decorated careers in modern baseball: an MVP award, three World Series championships, a record breaking home run streak on the game's biggest stage. But behind every swing was a promise made in a hospital room decades earlier, and a father who turned a bucket of forty eight baseballs into a lifeline for a grieving son.
Rounding Third traces the full arc: the homesick eighteen year old who nearly quit before his career began, the decade of postseason heartbreak in Atlanta, the gut punch betrayal of a franchise he'd given everything to, and the record setting redemption that followed in Los Angeles, played out on a shattered ankle in front of the entire baseball world. It's a story about what a person carries forward after loss, and what they choose to build with it.
For fans of The Boys in the Boat and Unbroken, this is more than a baseball biography. It's a story about patience, family, and the quiet, stubborn work of rounding third and heading for home, no matter how long the road.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length2 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Timeline
3Chapter 1: A Swing Heard Everywhere
4Chapter 2: Orange County Roots
5Chapter 3: A Mother's Love
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6Chapter 4: The Year Everything Changed
7Chapter 5: Finding Purpose on the Diamond
8Chapter 6: Draft Day and a New Chapter
9Chapter 7: Life in the Minors
10Chapter 8: Called Up
11Chapter 9: Building a Signature Swing
12Chapter 10: The Face of the Franchise
13Chapter 11: Years of Heartbreak
14Chapter 12: Love and Family of His Own
15Chapter 13: An MVP Season Like No Other
16Chapter 14: Chasing the Ring
17Chapter 15: The Trade That Shocked Baseball
18Chapter 16: A Fresh Start in Los Angeles
19Chapter 17: Playing Through Pain
20Chapter 18: October Magic
21Chapter 19: Records, Milestones, and Quiet Consistency
22Conclusion
23A Note on Sources
24Acknowledgments
25About the Author
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