ryno4ever
Mar 28th 2008, 12:47 am
I can picture this.... like in a good baseball flick:
Piniella told Fontenot on Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., that he'd made the team in a casual way. Fontenot was walking past Piniella to get a bat in the dugout.
"I said, 'What's up, Skip?'" Fontenot said. "He asked me, 'Do you have a place in Chicago yet?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Well, you can get one.'"
Fontenot then sought out Ryan Theriot, his teammate at LSU and another Cub who had earned a spot with a great spring last year, and said, "Guess what Lou told me."
"It's always a dream come true to get to the big leagues, but especially when you can make the team right out of Spring Training, it's worth it," Fontenot said. "It's a very cool thing."
Piniella told Fontenot on Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., that he'd made the team in a casual way. Fontenot was walking past Piniella to get a bat in the dugout.
"I said, 'What's up, Skip?'" Fontenot said. "He asked me, 'Do you have a place in Chicago yet?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Well, you can get one.'"
Fontenot then sought out Ryan Theriot, his teammate at LSU and another Cub who had earned a spot with a great spring last year, and said, "Guess what Lou told me."
"It's always a dream come true to get to the big leagues, but especially when you can make the team right out of Spring Training, it's worth it," Fontenot said. "It's a very cool thing."