CC Sabathia cried about joining the Brewers, but it sure worked out well
CC Sabathia cried when he learned he was being traded to the Brewers. Eighteen years later he's on the team's Wall of Honor and everyone's better off.
When his plane touched down in Milwaukee to celebrate his unforgettable contributions in a short time as a Milwaukee Brewer , CC Sabathia flashed back to his arrival nearly 18 years ago. A young pitcher decades away from the Hall of Fame, he was in a completely different headspace then. It was July 7, 2008 and Sabathia learned the life he knew in baseball had been upended by a trade .
Goodbye, Cleveland. Hello, Milwaukee. “I remember I was sitting in my room, I cried so hard that night I got traded,” the big left-hander recalled May 8 at American Family Field.
This time he was coming for a ceremony adding him and the late Dave Parker to the Brewers Wall of Honor , which recognizes players, coaches and executives for their service to the team and accomplishments across baseball. “I had never been to another organization,” Sabathia continued. “I didn’t know if I could do it anywhere else.
“I had got to Cleveland when I was 17 years old. Got to the big league when I was 20, and I had become a man there, so I didn’t know if I could play anywhere else. So, getting traded was tough.
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