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 FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Bronson Arroyo clutched his going-away gift, a black autographed bat from Manny Ramirez. A delivery containing a 3-wood golf club arrived as the pitcher stood in the clubhouse he would soon leave.
"Arroyo, here's your last package," assistant equipment manager "Pookie" Jackson said with a good-natured smile Tuesday.
Arroyo flashed his usual smile back, but on this day the expression couldn't mask his sadness. He was leaving a city he loved — where he bought a home less than two months ago — and where he and Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein played guitar at the same charity event last summer.
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