Carol Freeman might not have received a ring on The Golden Bachelor but she can still add another piece of bling to her collection after the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series win.
Freeman — aunt to Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman — celebrated with the team on Saturday, November, 1 after Game 7 of the World Series, which saw the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings to claim their second-consecutive championship.
“It’s been incredible,” Freeman said to reporter Arash Markazi via X. “It’s overwhelming to have a win here in Canada, my home country. It’s special because Freddie’s mom passed away. … It was really special.”
It’s the third World Series that Freeman, 63, has been part of courtesy of her nephew. The Dodgers won the title last season (with Freddie being named World Series MVP) and her nephew won the title in 2021 as well, when he was with the Atlanta Braves.
Freeman, though, said this latest championship win is the “sweetest.”
“They’ve all been great, don’t get me wrong,” Freeman said. “But going seven games, exhausting the pitching, I have no words. I’m stunned.”
Freeman also serves as her nephew’s agent. She has three daughters of her own.
She was featured on The Golden Bachelor during this season, before removing herself after deciding she did not have enough of a connection with the bachelor, Mel Owens.
“I’m very interested in you, I really am,” she said to Owens on the show. “But I feel like we haven’t had a lot of conversation. I got my family at home and then maybe not getting that one-on-one, I thought, you know what? I don’t feel like you have that connection with me.”
She added, “I don’t think I can continue on this journey with you.”
She then refocused her attention on her family and baseball. After the World Series victory, Freeman said he appreciated her time on the show, but lamented the fact that she had to miss some of the baseball season.
“It’s kind of funny to be on the front side of the camera,” she said. “I loved it. I had the best time. I met some wonderful women and The Bachelor was great. It was fun.”
She joked: “I missed a few weeks of the baseball season, so that was a little rough.”
Freeman didn’t miss much of the epic World Series, but she told TMZ after the 18-inning Game 3 marathon on Monday, October 27 — the game which saw Freddie hit a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers the win and series lead — that she almost missed the game-winning homer.
“It was almost midnight when Freddie got to bat,” Freeman said. “It was incredible, especially because I was inside because I was seeing if there was any ice cream left. And I said, ‘Oh Freddie’s coming up!’ So I ran out and I didn’t sit in my normal seat. … And I was just praying.”
The Dodgers’ World Series title makes them the first team in 25 years to repeat as champions. The New York Yankees were the last team to pull off the impressive feat, winning three-straight World Series from 1998-2000.
