Freddie Freeman leaves Dodgers to be with ailing son

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First baseman Freddie Freeman was granted leave by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday to be with his ailing 3-year-old son.

Freeman was with the team when it traveled to Houston for the start of a weekend series against the Astros, but he exited ahead of Friday's contest to return to California.

Chelsea Freeman, Freddie's wife, wrote on Instagram that their son Maximus has tr