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 More Red Sox NewsRed Sox LinksBronson Arroyo flashed his usual smile back, but on this day the expression couldn't mask his sadness. He was leaving a city he loved -- where he bought a home less than two months ago -- and where he and Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein played guitar at the same charity event last summer. On Monday morning, it was Epstein who delivered the news in a brief phone call. He had just traded Arroyo to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena and he felt bad about parting with a person he liked. "We were definitely close, probably as close as you could get as a GM to a player, but the game is business, man," Arroyo said with no apparent bitterness. "It's like playing a chess match, man. It's just pieces on the freaking board. "That's what players are in this business. It doesn't matter how much they like you. They're not going to not make a move because of personal feelings." |
