I hope they don't trade him. That'd be a bummer. Not to mention a
mistake on Boston's part. He's still young and will only get
better...plus, they've already gotton rid of alot of guys on the
Campionship team. That's never a good idea when you're trying to
repeat.

On another topic...did anyone catch Bronson on ESPN's 'Cold Pizza'?
I totally missed it! I heard that he sang on the show, though.
Anyone have an MP3 of it?!




--- In bronsonarroyoclub@yahoogroups.com, arroyo_61 <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hey, fans! I'm sure you may have heard the rumors by now that
> Bronson may be traded to the Florida Marlins for pitcher A.J.
Burnett
> or even packaged with other players to the Oakland A's for pitcher
> Tim Hudson. Here's something I found in an article posted from
> today's Boston Globe: (12/15/04)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> The Sox may face a greater need to trade some of their young talent
> for a front-line pitcher as they already tried to do in pursuing
> Arizona ace Randy Johnson and Oakland's Tim Hudson. That means
> Bronson Arroyo is likely to continue seeing his name surface, as he
> did in the Johnson and Hudson cases (the Sox appear to have no
chance
> at acquiring either).
>
> "If I look at it realistically, there aren't that many guys on our
> team who are young and fairly cheap like me and Kevin Youkilis and
> Mark Bellhorn, so I would expect my name to be out there a little
> bit," Arroyo said before word broke of Martinez's departure. "It
> would be a disappointment if they traded me, but it's a business
and
> I understand that."
>
> Arroyo, 27, emerged as one of the best bargains among American
League
> starters last season as he earned $332,500 and went 10-9 with a
4.03
> ERA and ranked among the leaders in batting average allowed (.249)
> and fewest walks per nine innings (2.4), among other categories.
>
> He had planned to spend part of the winter scuba diving near his
> Florida home with teammate Lenny DiNardo, but his plans have
changed
> amid a flood of opportunities after the World Series. A
moonlighting
> musician, Arroyo is most intrigued about traveling to Los Angeles
> next month to record an album he expects to be distributed by
Warner
> Brothers.
>
> Meanwhile, Arroyo reluctantly monitors Boston's trade talks.
>
> "I'm trying not to pay attention, but it's hard not to because I
love
> playing in Boston," he said. "I want to stay there. I hope when
Feb.
> 15 comes, I'll be in a Red Sox uniform."