What is it like to be traded, Mark Ellis? By Jerry Feitelberg June 30, 2011     Every baseball player knows that at sometime in his career that he will be summoned to the manager's office and be told that he is no longer with the club and he is heading out of town. Such an event occurred today at the Coliseum. The A's longtime second baseman, Mark Ellis , has been traded to the Colorado Rockies. Ellis played ten years for the A's and is a very solid ball player. However, Ellis could not get his hitting going this year. He was hitting just .211 before going on the disabled list and his average at the time of the trade was .217. The A's brought up Jemile Weeks to fill in for him. Weeks did do well that when Ellis came off the disabled list he could see the writing on the wall and that he would be heading out of town pretty soon even though he wanted to stay with the club. The trade was announced and Ellis is on his way to the Colorado Rockies where he will join former A's' players Jason Giambi , Carlos Gonzalez and Huston Street. Even though each player knows that a trade may occur, it hits the player like a punch in the stomach. The player feels that ”I have played my guts out for you and now you no longer want me.” The converse is that the team he is going to really wants him and he will fill a need for the new team. It is an emotional time for the player but it will not be a problem for Ellis as he is a consummate pro. Ellis has a career .265 batting average with 86 home runs and 434 runs batted in. His lifetime fielding percentage is .990 which is the second best in Major League history. All we can do is say thank you Mark Ellis for your ten years service as an Oakland Athletic and wish you good luck with the Colorado Rockies.

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