Who Cares About That Dumb Old Teddy Bear, Anyway?

Mike Lowell has a good rapport with Rob Bradford. Their relationship probably pre-dates the book they wrote together but it at least stems from that point. So it would make sense that if Lowell wanted to come clean, as it were, Bradford would be the one to whom he would turn. Which, coincidentally, is what he did.

Lowell talked honestly to Bradford about the whole Teixeira mess and said:

"I think it’s only human nature (to be upset) when you’re given the choice (to sign) in more than one place and you end up signing in a place where you proclaim to enjoy the baseball and everything and you look forward to being there for at least three more years,” said Lowell, referring to the three-year, $37.5 million deal he inked with the Red Sox after the 2007 season. “Then after one year, for there to be all this talk … the writing was on the wall."

I understand what he's saying. Last year at this time, everything was hunky-dory; everyone was happy. But then he got hurt and his age started to show. And suddenly there was a shiny new toy that they needed to have. Mike Lowell found himself cast aside, seemingly unwanted. Even for masochists, rejection isn't a pleasant feeling.


But I (and I don't think I'm alone in this) still whole-heartedly love Mike Lowell--just please, please be healthy.