Personal Life
His father, Guy, is a civil engineer. His mother, Lynn, is a retired teacher. Freese also has a sister, Pam. According to his mother, Freese -- a professed lifelong Cardinals fan -- had an original Ozzie Smith glove, and while pitching in his younger years always used number 45 in honor of another Cardinals legend, pitcher Bob Gibson.
In December 2009, Freese was arrested for driving under the influence in Maryland Heights, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Freese blew a .232, which is nearly three times the state's legal limit of .08. It was the second such arrest for Freese, who was also arrested in November 2002 in Maryland Heights for driving while intoxicated. The 2009 arrest was a violation of Freese's probation, due to a September 2007 arrest for resisting arrest (amongst other charges) in Lake Elsinore, California.
On November 22, 2012, Freese crashed his Range Rover SUV into a tree in Wildwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Local investigators stated that the crash was a result of Freese's swerving to avoid hitting a wild deer. Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
In June, 2013 Freese signed a three-year deal to endorse and serve as spokesman for Imo's Pizza, a midwest pizza chain headquartered in the St. Louis area. No financial terms of the deal were announced other than as part of the contract Imo's would also donate $10,000 to a St. Louis area charity in Freese's name. He had long spoken of his love for the pizza brand prior to the spokesman deal, most notably in interviews following his performance in the 2011 National League playoffs and World Series.
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