Nick Moore sits in the passenger seat of Mookie Betts’ black BMW 750Li. It’s the last day of spring training for the Boston Red Sox, 2015. The car is a man down as their ‘third amigo’ and teammate Kendrick Perkins was cut last week. Moore knows he could be next. Moore knows he is next.
“Wish me luck,” he says, turning to ‘Moog,’ who he’d grown close with. “I’m probably going to get cut today.”
Moog parks, and a long concrete path awaits the two. The setup of JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, has a 400-yard stretch from the parking lot to the minor league doors.