It has been a long time since I've seen a player, especially a position player, traded to the Oakland Athletics as excited to come to Oakland as Yonder Alonso is today:
Now, I am looking forward to starting a new chapter with the @athletics & breaking out the white spikes! Let's go!
— Yonder Alonso (@YonderalonsoU) December 2, 2015
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle spoke with Alonso shortly after the trade, and Alonso used a preposterous number of exclamation points as he spoke to Slusser:
- "I'm as excited as it gets!