복귀를 준비중인 폴 로두카

From a SIRIUS XM Radio interview with Casey Stern and Kevin Kennedy :

Paul Lo Duca : “I’m completely healthy. I feel unbelievable. I’ve been hitting the last four or five days constantly and started my workouts. I feel great. My hand feels 100 percent for the first time in a while. My hamstring and my knee finally healed after the surgery I had there. … I want to come back and play. When I started working with you guys (as a part-time analyst) and started really watching the games it really gave me that edge. My heart’s into it and I want to go back in it full bore and [do] whatever needs to be done. I want to play on a team that wants to win and wants a player that wants to win. I’ll do whatever I need to do. If it’s come off the bench, if it’s spot starts, I’ll do whatever they need me to do.

“I’m a realist. I’m going to be 37 but my knees feel good. I’ve only had one knee surgery. There’s no issues there. I really feel like I can offer a good bat off the bench to somebody and do whatever needs to be done. … Whatever they want me to do. I’ve played other positions before. If they need me to catch and if something goes down then I can do that as well. Whatever the manager asks me to do I’m willing to do.

“Whatever happens I’m looking just to get an invite. If you don’t like me when I’m walking in the clubhouse, hey, you don’t like me, go ahead and send me home. That’s fine. But I’m going to show up in great shape and ready to go. We’ll see what happens. I’m gung-ho. I’m really energetic about coming back. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.”
XM Radio에서 전화인터뷰로 폴 로두카와 대화를 한 모양입니다. 여기에서 로두카는 자신의 무릎과 햄스트링이 건강해졌다면서 꾸준히 타격연습을 하고 있다네요. 자신은 이제 37살(내년 4월에 38살이 됩니다)이지만, 충분히 경쟁력이 있다고 하네요. 자신을 원하는 팀이 있다면 기꺼이 응하겠다면서...

일단은 스플릿계약을 원하는 구단이 있지않을까 싶네요. 다만 부상외에 안좋은 소식도 같이 들리면서 빅리그에서 자취를 감췄기때문에 얼마나 다른 구단들이 그에게 접근할지는 미지수입니다.

플로리다로 트레이드되었을때 비행기안에서 계속 울었다고 하던데...(다저스를 향한) 열정만큼은 최고가 아닐까 싶네요. 그때 PDP가 페니의 댓가로 잘던지던 모타와 함께 보냈는데....당시에 PDP의 운영의 미숙함이 드러난 트레이드였죠. 그때 느낀거지만 주전포수를 시즌중에 트레이드하는 것은 절대로 하지말아야한다는 생각이 들었습니다.