The head case and the belt
Iowa just finished a three-game set at the Brick winning two games. One of the more interesting players on the I-Cubs roster is Ryan Freel who is clearly not happy to be there.
In an interview “attempt” after he went 1 for 4 and stole three bases, Freel appeared to be disgusted with his performance and said it would be a “long time” before he was back with Chicago.
A bit surprising since he played a good game, but not so surprising when you consider Freel has an imaginary friend named “Farney” he talks to during games. Easily one of the weirdest guys I’ve ever encountered in 11 years of covering sports. Maybe he knows Cubs fans want Mark DeRosa back in what appears to be one of the worst low level trades in recent memory.
The other interesting moment was an equipment failure during the game that required shortstop Joaquin Arias to exchange his belt with a teammate during the game, briefly holding up play Tuesday night.
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Freel always seemed like a good guy but he pretty much complained himself out of Baltimore. There was never any room for him and the Os took Gaithright just b/c Freel was out of options and they could easily assign Joey to AAA Norfolk.