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Freddie Freeman fires back at 'dinosaur' Dodgers talk
Freeman pushed back Thursday on talk that the Dodgers' veteran roster is past its prime; the team's age remains the one thing opponents keep bringing up.
At a glance
- First reported by New York Post: “Freddie Freeman fires back at narrative of ‘dinosaur’ Dodgers are too old to compete”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 6:38 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Dodgers.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is all the headline says.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFreddie Freeman wasn't having any dinosaur talk Thursday, and he fired back at the idea that the Dodgers are too old to compete, the New York Post reports.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJoining us from a minimum-security prison is Orville Gaspard, inmate forty-one seventeen and a former equipment manager. Orville, is a team ever too old?
Orville GaspardNever, Hank. Age is experience, and an old roster knows every exit.
Orville GaspardAllegedly, in my old line of work, I once moved nine hundred bobbleheads with the head loose.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNine hundred. And I asked about baseball.
Orville GaspardIt is baseball. Veterans stay calm when somebody asks for a receipt.
Orville GaspardI sat on this cushion from a ballpark, which I got legally, for the whole trial.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet me ask you about the trial. If experience protects you, why are you in a common room in a jumpsuit tonight?
Orville GaspardClerical mix-up. Allegedly, in my old line of work, the paint on the commemorative Dodgers ones was still wet when the feds arrived.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe feds arrived.
Orville GaspardLook, I got caught on my first try. Freeman has won a ring.
Orville GaspardThat's the difference between a dinosaur and a rookie, and I was the rookie.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo how old was your operation, Orville, when the paint was still wet?
Orville GaspardThree weeks. Youngest team in the league, Hank. Nobody could say we were too old.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrville Gaspard, thank you. Brock has the forecast, and he'd call tonight's sky a lot older than it looks.
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