<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dodgers-freddie-freeman-reunion-with-jason-heyward');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman’s heartwarming take on season-long reunion with Jason Heyward');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Freddie-Freeman_s-heartwarming-take-on-season-long-reunion-with-Jason-Heyward.jpg"></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman’s heartwarming take on season-long reunion with Jason Heyward</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-12T10:46:33-07:00">August 12th, 10:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-12T10:46:33-07:00">August 12th, 10:46am</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-braves-return-jason-heyward" rel="noopener">Freddie Freeman-Jason Heyward relationship</a> has been well-detailed. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Heyward in free agency, re-uniting him with Freddie Freeman. Once teammates with the Atlanta Braves, the duo would get the chance to compete for a championship together <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/freddie-freeman-believes-this-dodgers-player-is-set-for-bounce-back-2023-season" rel="noopener">if Heyward made the Dodgers’</a> Opening Day roster.</p><p>The Dodgers are now getting ready for another pennant race, and things couldn’t have worked out better for Freeman and Heyward in their first season together in nearly a decade.</p><p>It was far from certain that Heyward would find a home in Los Angeles. The Chicago Cubs released Heyward, even though the team still owed him $22 million for the 2023 season. Heyward posted a .606 OPS from 2021-2022, leaving the outfielder open to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/sports/baseball/jason-heyward-dodgers.html?smid=tw-nytsports&amp;smtyp=cur">plenty of criticism</a>.</p><p>“All that negative stuff, you can just throw away because when you know Jason, it’s only going to be positive because he is such a wonderful human,” Freeman said, via The New York Times.. “And he brought a World Series to Chicago, so I don’t know how you could ever be saying anything bad or mean about Jason Heyward. What he does in the city, the inner cities, what he’s still doing in Chicago, if mean things are coming out of your mouth about Jason, you need to re-evaluate your own life.”</p><p>Heyward’s .797 OPS in 88 games is his second-highest mark since he signed a $184 million contract with the Cubs ahead of the 2016 season. Freeman has arguably been the best hitter in MLB. The Dodgers’ first baseman has a .344 batting average. Freeman leads the NL with a .420 on-base percentage and a 1.017 OPS.</p><p>“It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten to be teammates again,” Freeman said. “I get to see him every day now. And I’m just having a blast.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman’s heartwarming take on season-long reunion with Jason Heyward

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dodgers-jason-heyward-gets-brutally-honest-on-his-cubs-departure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers’ Jason Heyward gets brutally honest on his Cubs departure');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jason-Heyward-gets-brutally-honest-on-his-Chicago-departure.jpg"></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Jason Heyward gets brutally honest on his Cubs departure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-07T14:09:14-07:00">May 7th, 2:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-07T16:23:43-07:00">May 7th, 4:23pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Cubs have parted ways with multiple key contributors from their 2016 World Series-winning run over the past year, including Jason Heyward.</p><p>Heyward’s run with the Cubs came to a close in November after the team released him. Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer noted in August that the one-time All-Star would not return to the team for the 2023 season. This decision came amid Seiya Suzuki’s promising rookie campaign, as the slugger ended up leading the team in starts out in right field with 104.</p><p>Speaking to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/05/07/dodgers-jason-heyward-grateful-second-chance/70191873007/" rel="noopener">USA Today Sports</a>, Heyward took some time to look back on his departure from the Cubs.</p><p>“I don’t want to say it was a tough way to end it,” Heyward said. “The only tough thing for me was not trying to win every day. Jed [Hoyer] was handed the keys of having the tough task of dismantling and starting over.</p><p>“We had open conversations. There was mutual respect. I think if I told them I was done playing baseball, then I think they would have let me go and be with my family. That was it. It’s part of the game.”</p><p>Heyward featured in a mere 48 games with the Cubs last season, as a nagging knee injury sidelined him for much of the year.</p><p>It did not take long for Heyward to find a new home in the majors. He signed a minor league contract with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-dodgers-padres-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-5-7-2023" rel="noopener">Dodgers</a> in December, and he wound up making their Opening Day roster. He has recorded a .246 batting average and four home runs in 27 games played with the Dodgers so far this year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Jason Heyward gets brutally honest on his Cubs departure

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cubs-news-cody-bellinger-stunned-dodgers-fans-jason-hayward-robbery');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cody Bellinger stunned as Dodgers fans boo him for Jason Heyward HR robbery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-15-at-11.31.28-PM-e1681616772813.png"></figure><h1>Cody Bellinger stunned as Dodgers fans boo him for Jason Heyward HR robbery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-15T20:41:22-07:00">April 15th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-15T20:46:42-07:00">April 15th, 8:46pm</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-cody-bellinger-pitch-clock-violation-dodgers" rel="noopener">Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger</a> made his return to Dodger Stadium Friday but waited until Saturday to make some noise against his former team.</p><p>The former Dodger <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1647416852170305536" rel="noopener">made a sensational catch</a> in the bottom of the second inning, leaping up to rob Los Angeles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-jason-heyward-jackie-robinson-day" rel="noopener">Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward</a> of a two-run home run.</p><p>Though the catch was fantastic in its own right, Bellinger’s reaction to the LA faithful booing him was even better. The former NL MVP gave his best Maximus impression from the movie “Gladiator” as he did a slow turn to soak in the moment of hate.</p><p>Baseball fans on Twitter had more to say about the reaction than the catch itself.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">this is hard asf.. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? <a href="https://t.co/ccGp78BbFa">https://t.co/ccGp78BbFa</a></p><p>— JStax™️ (@Ap_Jordan30) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ap_Jordan30/status/1647421067659493376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Son said, y’all don’t love me no more?! 😭😭😭😭 <a href="https://t.co/naKcyeNlou">https://t.co/naKcyeNlou</a></p><p>— Two Stacks ⚜️♋️♿️ (@Two_Stacks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Two_Stacks/status/1647421184479227909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">His reaction screams “fuck am I supposed to do? This is my job” 🤣💀 love u forever <a href="https://twitter.com/Cody_Bellinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cody_Bellinger</a> <a href="https://t.co/lfiZjF27O5">https://t.co/lfiZjF27O5</a></p><p>— Kawehi 🥀 (@wehikins) <a href="https://twitter.com/wehikins/status/1647422006059761664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It is ironic that Bellinger took a homer away from Heyward, as the two swapped teams in the offseason. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-cody-bellinger-speaks-out-return-dodger-stadium-for-first-time-since-leaving-la" rel="noopener">The Cubs gave Bellinger</a> a one-year contract worth $17.5 million after he spent the first six seasons of his career with the Dodgers.</p><p>Bellinger had a tale of two careers in LA. He was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2017 and won MVP in 2019, only to have three awful seasons from 2020-2022. In those three seasons, Bellinger had a .203 batting average and struck out in more than 27 percent of his at-bats.</p><p>The Cubs took a chance on Bellinger in the hopes that he can regain some of that MVP form. He’s started to turn a corner over the last week, as he extended his hitting streak to five games on Saturday. Cody Bellinger is an easy player to root for when he’s playing well. The Cubs and their fans hope that’s the case more often than not this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cody Bellinger stunned as Dodgers fans boo him for Jason Heyward HR robbery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/dodgers-news-jason-heyward-jackie-robinson-day');   ga('set', 'title', '‘I get chills’: Jason Heyward shares genuine feelings about playing at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-15-at-9.35.39-PM.png"></figure><h1>‘I get chills’: Jason Heyward shares genuine feelings about playing at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-15T18:46:23-07:00">April 15th, 6:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-15T18:46:23-07:00">April 15th, 6:46pm</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball is a special annual tradition for the league. It’s especially memorable for members of the Los Angeles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-clayton-kershaw-viral-moment-broadcast-cubs" rel="noopener">Dodgers, in particular Jason Heyward. </a></p><p>Heyward is in his 14th big league season, but his first in a Dodgers uniform. He said <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1647401032631357440" rel="noopener">it gives him chills</a> to wear the same Dodgers uniform Robinson once did.</p><p>“I get chills. Jackie Robinson’s story was the first story I read as a kid,” Heyward said. “I remember reading and learning about him. Little did I know it would lead me on a long path of following in his footsteps.”</p><p>Jason Heyward was tasked by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to speak to both teams before LA’s game against the Chicago Cubs, Heyward’s former team.</p><p>The tradition of honoring Robinson started in 2004, seven years after his number 42 was retired by the league entirely. Every April 15, the same date Robinson broke the league’s color barrier in 1947, all 30 teams honor Robinson by wearing his iconic number.</p><p>The league started allowing players to wear Robinson’s No. 42 in 2007, with all uniformed personnel starting to wear the number in 2009. Robinson spent his entire 10-year MLB career with the Dodgers, winning NL MVP in 1949 and a World Series in 1955. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.</p><p>The life and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-dodger-pitchers-inspiring-jackie-robinson-message-after-tough-outing-vs-cubs" rel="noopener">legacy of Jackie Robinson</a> is one that should never be forgotten by baseball fans and humans in general. It’s awesome to see the players and league continue to honor a Dodgers and baseball legend every year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘I get chills’: Jason Heyward shares genuine feelings about playing at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day

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He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers got a little bit of a scare <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-rockies-vs-dodgers-prediction-pick-how-to-watch-4-4-2023" rel="noopener">Tuesday night</a> against the Colorado Rockies when they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-reveals-final-remaining-goal-before-retiring-from-mlb" rel="noopener">saw Mookie Betts</a> and Jason Heyward collide in the outfield that left the former wincing in pain on the ground.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mookie Betts/Jason Heyward Collision <a href="https://t.co/d2ovMFeHAM">pic.twitter.com/d2ovMFeHAM</a></p><p>— Mad Choriyama (@MadChoriyama) <a href="https://twitter.com/MadChoriyama/status/1643462267806302208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Fortunately for Mookie Betts and the Dodgers, he did not suffer a serious injury after that collision. After the game, Betts further allayed fears about his status, saying that he only twisted his right ankle and thinks that the soreness is manageable enough to be much of a concern.</p><p>“I’m fine. It’s just a little twisted ankle. It’s good,” Mookie Betts <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsNetLA/status/1643485540099010561" rel="noopener">said</a>, per SportsNet LA. I really don’t know what happened. I was just going to catch it then I turned around and he (Heyward) was sliding, by the time it was too late. But I mean, he did was he was supposed to do… We’re lucky that we’re okay.”</p><p>Mookie Betts was playing second base in the game, while Heyward took over the right field, which usually is Bett’s spot. Betts went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs against the Rockies. On the season, he is slashing .300/.440/.550 with a home run and five walks.</p><p>The Dodgers ended up winning the game 5-2 to improve to 4-2 in the 2023 MLB regular season and complete a two-game sweep of the Rockies.</p><p>Coming up next for Mookie Betts and the Dodgers is another series against the Arizona Diamondbacks that beings on Thursday at Chase Field. Los Angeles split its four-game series with the Diamondbacks last week.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
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2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.176	2	12	0.494	0

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