The Freeze has been one of the best parts of the 2017 MLB season. For the uninitiated, The Freeze is a former track star who is part of the Atlanta Braves’ ground crew and races fans wearing goggles and a blue track suit.
The fans get a massive head start, but The Freeze usually dominates them, and he gained nationwide fame after an opponent ate it during a race.
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The Freeze didn’t lose a race this year until mid-June, but he’s lost some since then. And he actually lost in blowout fashion between innings of last night’s MLB All-Star Game.
.@EvanWFitzgerald your boy The Freeze lost again!! #AllStarGame style.#FOX35 pic.twitter.com/wgtRcCNqWc
— Adam Shadoff (@AdamShadoff) July 12, 2017
This isn’t really a fair race, as the head start is arbitrary and is way too big for almost anyone, even a track star, to overcome. Plus, the opponent gets to run into their head start.
Maybe this blowout will force a reexamination of how The Freeze’s race is run, as long as he keeps getting to race.