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Since I've only worked in the minor leagues, I've only had the chance to meet minor leaguers. Jared Fernandez was probably the nicest guy. A nobody named Dean Peterson was easily the guy I liked least, but I was interrupting him as he was trying to get an intern into bed, so I guess he should be forgiven.
I wrote a column last year on Brian Rose, Carl Pavano, Donnie Sadler and Michael Coleman...it's easy to forget that they were all minor-league teammates and all were supposed to be the future of the Red Sox, along with Jeff Suppan...remember that next time you complain that prospects don't pan out in OOTP. About as much blown promise in one set of teammates as you can possibly have.
Coleman had the world's biggest chip on his shoulder, and Sadler is still one of the best athletes in the major leagues, even though he doesn't belong there, but he just had the wrong attitude...always got down on the world very easily. Pavano was always kind of sarcastic and Brian Rose was, as they used to say, a "rube," but a nice guy.
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