The Reds traded David Weathers to Milwaukee Sunday, and David wasn’t happy:
“Walt Jocketty isn’t the most popular guy with my son right now,” he said.
You tend to forget the human element when a trade happens. Sunday’s trade took Weathers completely by surprise. His family is home in Tennessee — two of his three kids have started school. He going to get his car and drive to Milwaukee this afternoon. The Brewers are off today.
I remember when Jerry Hairston Jr. got traded to the Yankees. I’m thinking this guy should ecstatic, but you could tell he was upset. You spend everyday with a group of people than they call you one day and say: You’ve been traded. You’ve got a half hour to say so long and then move on. It’s odd. It doesn’t happen in other jobs.
Of course, in other jobs, people are not under contract and move about freely and fairly often.
Posted by David Pinto at 9:13 am | Trades | Permalink | 2 Comments
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August 10th, 2009 @ 10:30 am
Not to mention, there are very few jobs where you are guaranteed to make (at least) a pro-rated $350,000+ a year.
August 10th, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
‘ . . . You’ve got a half hour to say so long and then move on.’
That’s pretty much what a layoff feels like. Those happen in other jobs all the time.