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Dads-to-be, want to be like Freddie Freeman?

Braves slugger Freddie Freeman  reveals gender of his baby with swing of a bat.

Credit: Instagram via @chelseafreeman5

Credit: Instagram via @chelseafreeman5

Braves slugger Freddie Freeman  reveals gender of his baby with swing of a bat.
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 24, 2016

With a swing of the bat and puff of baby-blue powder, Braves slugger Freddie Freeman and his wife, Chlesea, revealed they were having a boy.

The video (below), filmed during spring training in Florida, went viral. And soon there would be imitators.

The Royals' Christian Colon took a page from the Freemans and revealed his baby's gender with a clouded swing at Kauffman Stadium after the Braves visited Kansas City in mid-May.

Now Chelsea Freeman wants to do the same for you. She is offering some lucky soon-to-be-parents a crack at finding out their baby's gender with the swing of a bat at Turner Field on Father's Day weekend. Details here.

See if you can deliver a hit, like Freddie.

(The powder-filled baseballs, by they way, were the creation of Chelsea Freeman's father, Josiah, and are avaliable for sale on Etsy.)

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