Barb's Burblings

The shirt off his back...sort of

There's a really cute story in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about baseball players who want each other's memorabilia. They're fans, too!

During spring training, [Dontrelle] Willis exchanged jerseys with the Orioles' Brian Roberts. He also has Marlins jerseys from former 'mates Juan Pierre, Derrek Lee and Brad Penny, and plans to ask Matt Herges for his.

"I have Johnny Damon's," said Willis, who got to know him during the World Baseball Classic. "Since the WBC we've been really cool. His wife and my girl, she took care of her and stuff. We went to his house in New York. ... Brian Roberts, I've always been a fan of how he plays the game and we get to play against them in spring training a lot. He signed a jersey because he wanted one from me."

Isn't that adorable? And he's not kidding when he says the Marlins and the O's play each other a lot during spring training. It felt like every other series was against the Marlins--and naturally the O's played them horribly. Gah.