Originally Posted by pan6467

Yes, Baltimore was 1 of 8 teams he could refuse to be traded to and he has refused. According to his agent, Phil wants to play on the West Coast only and has no desire to move.

This came from the the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Also, as of Sunday the PD boards were reporting that Burnett was headed to ChiSox. there was a link but I can't find the message to get it.

As for Gammons, I think once upon a great awhile ago he must have done something to make a name for himself and give him some pseudo credibility in the baseball world. What it was he did or what that cred is I have no idea, noone I know of believes a word he says, and in Cleveland media on the radio and in the papers he is consistantly ripped...... unless he does a nice piece about Cleveland which he has done.

I get the impression the way he is treated in Cleveland is the way just about every baseball city treats him.