Robbie Ross learned he was traded to Red Sox during yoga class
Robbie Ross learned he was traded during yoga class
I'm not sure there are any good places to be when you learn that you've been traded. For a life-changing moment like that, I guess the best option would be sitting in your office with a pad of paper and a pen already in your hand. And what baseball player wants to spend all of their free time doing that?
So when Robbie Ross learned that he was traded to the Red Sox on Tuesday, he found out in one of the best possible ways possible: Just as he was walking into a yoga class. I mean, imagine how awkward that would be if it was during -- his phone going off and all the people around him getting annoyed at the sounds of his "Baby Elephant Walk" ringtone as they try to open their solar plexuses -- it would be madness.
As Ross told MLB Network Radio, it was even better timing since his wife went into the class while he took the call. Said the southpaw reliever, "she was in her yoga mood, so she was just relaxed. ... It was perfect."