 His best outing came on June 12 at Coors Field against Houston, as he went seven scoreless innings and, along with relievers Darren Holmes and Ryan Hawblitzel, combined for the Rockies' first shutout at Coors Field in 103 games in an 8-0 victory.Freeman was 6-4 with a 5.04 ERA through June of '96, but he experienced a terrible second half (which allegedly included an incident at a "Jim Rome Tour Stop" on July 18, in which he supposedly made an obscene gesture and threw a baseball in Rome's direction) and finished the season with the Rockies with a 7-9 record and a 6.04 ERA.Colorado placed him on waivers at the end of August, and he was claimed by his hometown White Sox, with whom he made just one uninspiring start there.