Look out, Decoy ... there's a new Dodger pet in town, and this time his name is no secret.
Freddie Freeman and his family kept the good times rolling by adopting a kitten three days after the Dodgers captured the 2024 World Series title. Fittingly, the feline is named Champ.
According to an Instagram post from Freddie's wife, Chelsea, it was 8-year-old Charlie who woke his dad up from a nap a few days after the World Series ended and asked if they could get a cat. The Freemans ended up adopting from The Stray Cat Alliance, a Los Angeles-based non-profit.
"When you take a nap and wake up to a new cat 🙃," Freddie posted on Instagram, redefining the phrase cat nap.
Champ has a ways to go to match Shohei Ohtani's dog Decoy in celebrity. When Ohtani first introduced his pup to the world a year ago, he left the dog's name shrouded in mystery until signing with the Dodgers in December.
"I figured it would be hard for American people to pronounce it," Ohtani said at the time of Decoy's Japanese name, Dekopin.
But there's no misinterpreting Champ Freeman's name. That has a nice ring to it.