2B Adam Kennedy said things "couldn't have worked out better" to join the Rays and remains troubled by how the Cardinals handled his unexpected release last week by St. Louis due to an apparent rift with manager Tony La Russa.
"Mentally, trying to stay positive after them doing something like that at that time is not very ideal," Kennedy said. "The more I think about it, regardless of how Tony felt about me, they could have done this a month ago, two weeks ago, three months ago. That necessarily wasn't up to him. I'm sure he was pushing for that for a while. So just a little odd on the timing. Knowing how Tony already felt, that wasn't a surprise. Just the timing of the front office doing it was a little weird."
Manager Joe Maddon, who called Kennedy after his release, was thrilled to have the former Angels star aboard with plans to use him at second base and elsewhere.
"I love having him here," Maddon said. "One of the best clubhouse guys I've ever been around, period. And one of the best teammates. I guess they go hand-in-hand. He's another guy that really augments that group out there in all the best ways as a baseball player."
St. Petersburg Times
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