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F or the collective youth of Lexington who grew up playing baseball, the dreams and aspirations finally have come true.

Sal Frelick is forever one of our own, and he’s headed to the World Series.

Ten Octobers ago, Frelick was flinging and scrambling Lexington High football en route to the first of two consecutive Middlesex League titles. Now he’s poised to start in right field for the Brewers in the Fall Classic, which was set to start Oct. 23 in Milwaukee.

“Playing in the World Series is everything I dreamed of,” Frelick told Lexington Times Magazine. “From the time I started playing competitive sports, winning was always the biggest goal. And now to have the chance to do it at the highest level, there’s no bigger thrill.”

The defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Brewers, 4-0, in last year’s National League Championship Series, and returning the favor this year was the Brew Crew, in pursuit of their first MLB title.

Since his call-up midway through the 2023 season, Frelick has played in all four postseasons.

“October baseball is the most intense and exciting time of year,” Frelick said. “I’ve been lucky enough to have played in the postseason four years in a row, and spraying champagne with your teammates will always be the greatest feeling in sports.”

Milwaukee’s NLCS victories all were of the comeback variety, with Frelick playing no small part in Game 4. In the fifth inning, Frelick walked with one out and stole second base, then scored on David Hamilton’s single to draw the Brewers within 4-3 in the 6-4 victory.

For the postseason entering the World Series, Frelick scored three runs and drove in two, with two stolen bases and an outfield assist.
Frelick can’t be more thrilled about playing in the World Series, the first Lexingtonian to ever do so. The Brewers are in their first Fall Classic in 44 years.

“It would be the greatest accomplishment of my life, if we were able to do it as the last team standing.”