I recall old stories about players being traded between games of a double-header...to the opponent.
This week Ubaldo Jiminez threw one inning for the Rockies before being pulled and notified he was just traded to the Indians.
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Not directly related to this, but earlier this year I got to learn what its like to be the parent of a traded baseball player (minor leaguer).
BTW, next time you hear a player say he heard about it on the news before anyone told him (something I used to not quite believe)...believe it! Our son learned of the trade while reading Twitter stuff. Saw a line about his old team acquiring a SS, wondered who they traded for the SS, clicked on the link to learn it was HIM!
BTW, next time you hear a player say he heard about it on the news before anyone told him (something I used to not quite believe)...believe it! Our son learned of the trade while reading Twitter stuff. Saw a line about his old team acquiring a SS, wondered who they traded for the SS, clicked on the link to learn it was HIM!
justbaseball,
As an outsider, that is a funny story as it relates to the speed of today's social media and the inner workings of minor league baseball. I hope he is a better situation now.
As an outsider, that is a funny story as it relates to the speed of today's social media and the inner workings of minor league baseball. I hope he is a better situation now.
quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
I recall old stories about players being traded between games of a double-header...to the opponent.
This week Ubaldo Jiminez threw one inning for the Rockies before being pulled and notified he was just traded to the Indians.
The trade was done but not approved and you can't keep a starting pitcher out of his rotation before approval as he still is on that team.
you sayin' you "legally" can't keep him out?..maybe they should have..I think he got shelled..he even admitted he wondered why they sent him to the bump, since "everybody knew what was coming"..his mind wasn't on his job (by his very words)..a little sad, but understandable.