I'm sitting here listening to the Tribe lose to the Blue Jays and heard a very interesting story told by the announcers. Apparently, an Indians player, Lou Merloni who is a native of Boston and who played for the Red Sox, talked with his good friend Nomar Garciaparra last night. For those of you who don't know the latest in the baseball trade world, Nomar was traded to the Cubs and played his first game for the Immature Bears yesterday. He was drafted by the Red Sox in '94 and by '96 he was playing in a Red Sox uniform. According to Lou Merloni, his friend sounded happier than he's ever sounded, having escaped the "fish bowl" that is Bean Town. Lou told him that he's never had so much fun now that he's playing in Cleveland and that he'll (Nomar) start to enjoy baseball again now that he's in Chicago. There's just too much attention, too much pressure on players out there apparently.
I'm sure that if Manny would agreed to a huge pay cut, he'd be more than welcome back in the happy arms of the Tribe :)
Posted by Elizabeth at August 2, 2004 12:54 PM