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By Stephanie Storm
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 07:26 p.m. EST, Feb 04, 2010
CLEVELAND: In the visitor's locker room at Progressive Field, all but one stall was empty.
The nameplate at the top of the locker read: Sizemore.
A few articles of clothing, an Indians hat, a bat and red shoes were strategically placed inside the locker in an effort to make it look lived-in.
Having been kicked out of his real locker room down the hall due to a banquet being held there, Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore sauntered into the other locker room Thursday morning.
The 27-year-old walked across the room and promptly stood in front of the locker of props to face the media for the first time this offseason, hoping to talk about his recovery from surgeries to his left elbow and lower abdominal wall that prematurely ended the 2009 season.
But it was another prop that most people wanted to talk about.
''All that's missing is a strategically placed coffee cup,'' someone said before the cameras were rolling.
Ba-dum-bum.
The joke was a reference to November Internet photos of a semi-nude Sizemore, who took pictures of himself in front of a mirror that were meant only for his girlfriend.
But someone hacked into her e-mail and leaked the photos on the Internet, much to the dismay of the quiet and immensely private Sizemore.
''Right now, I'm doing everything I can to put it behind me,'' he said. ''We all know what happened. I never intended for any of this to be public. This is a private matter, and I apologize that we're even here talking about it right now.
''It's embarrassing. You don't want intimate photos of yourself out there. It's scary something like this can happen.''
Yet he wasn't fully apologetic.
''I don't feel I did anything wrong,'' said Sizemore, who quickly alerted Major League Baseball officials and federal authorities about the photos in an attempt to keep them from spreading. ''When everything happened, the proper authorities were involved and handled it appropriately. . . . I let them handle it and went about my business.''
As in the business of recovery, as Sizemore has spent a majority of the offseason rehabbing and training at the Indians' spring-training complex in Goodyear, Ariz.
''I feel good,'' he said. ''I feel I'm 100 percent ready to head into spring training.''
That's good news for Tribe fans, as they suffered right along with Sizemore (as it was no secret he was hurt) until he was finally shut down Sept. 4 in preparation for surgery.
Playing through the pain had a lot to do with Sizemore producing the worst season in his nine at the professional level, with him batting a mere .248 and stealing just 13 bases (he'd racked up 38 the previous year).
''My goal was to stay in there as long as I could,'' said Sizemore, despite the Indians being out of contention by the All-Star break.
There are few players left who came up through the Indians' farm system with Sizemore. He is one of the few elder statesmen on a young team not expected to do much this season.
''It'll be a different mind-set this year,'' he said. ''Obviously we've got some guys, but I look forward to working with everybody. . . . I feel like this is a good chance to start over with a new group of guys.''
Stephanie Storm can be reached
at sstorm@thebeaconjournal.com.
CLEVELAND: In the visitor's locker room at Progressive Field, all but one stall was empty.
The nameplate at the top of the locker read: Sizemore.
A few articles of clothing, an Indians hat, a bat and red shoes were strategically placed inside the locker in an effort to make it look lived-in.
Having been kicked out of his real locker room down the hall due to a banquet being held there, Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore sauntered into the other locker room Thursday morning.
The 27-year-old walked across the room and promptly stood in front of the locker of props to face the media for the first time this offseason, hoping to talk about his recovery from surgeries to his left elbow and lower abdominal wall that prematurely ended the 2009 season.
But it was another prop that most people wanted to talk about.
''All that's missing is a strategically placed coffee cup,'' someone said before the cameras were rolling.
Ba-dum-bum.
The joke was a reference to November Internet photos of a semi-nude Sizemore, who took pictures of himself in front of a mirror that were meant only for his girlfriend.
But someone hacked into her e-mail and leaked the photos on the Internet, much to the dismay of the quiet and immensely private Sizemore.
''Right now, I'm doing everything I can to put it behind me,'' he said. ''We all know what happened. I never intended for any of this to be public. This is a private matter, and I apologize that we're even here talking about it right now.
''It's embarrassing. You don't want intimate photos of yourself out there. It's scary something like this can happen.''
Yet he wasn't fully apologetic.
''I don't feel I did anything wrong,'' said Sizemore, who quickly alerted Major League Baseball officials and federal authorities about the photos in an attempt to keep them from spreading. ''When everything happened, the proper authorities were involved and handled it appropriately. . . . I let them handle it and went about my business.''
As in the business of recovery, as Sizemore has spent a majority of the offseason rehabbing and training at the Indians' spring-training complex in Goodyear, Ariz.
''I feel good,'' he said. ''I feel I'm 100 percent ready to head into spring training.''
That's good news for Tribe fans, as they suffered right along with Sizemore (as it was no secret he was hurt) until he was finally shut down Sept. 4 in preparation for surgery.
Playing through the pain had a lot to do with Sizemore producing the worst season in his nine at the professional level, with him batting a mere .248 and stealing just 13 bases (he'd racked up 38 the previous year).
''My goal was to stay in there as long as I could,'' said Sizemore, despite the Indians being out of contention by the All-Star break.
There are few players left who came up through the Indians' farm system with Sizemore. He is one of the few elder statesmen on a young team not expected to do much this season.
''It'll be a different mind-set this year,'' he said. ''Obviously we've got some guys, but I look forward to working with everybody. . . . I feel like this is a good chance to start over with a new group of guys.''
Stephanie Storm can be reached
at sstorm@thebeaconjournal.com.
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akron, oh
Posted 07:34 PM, 02/04/2010
What he should most be embarrassed about is that he could hide all his junk behind a Tea cup..
Posted 09:01 PM, 02/04/2010
Its not the size of the wand, its the magic of the magician.......thats what she said.
cuyahoga falls, oh
Posted 09:27 PM, 02/04/2010
there goes the press again something stupid to write about when Grady is a great player we need him on our team with out the media bs
Akron, OH
Posted 09:27 PM, 02/04/2010
@May Fong,
ROFLMAO!
:0)
Tallmadge, OH
Posted 10:01 PM, 02/04/2010
I saw nothing wrong with that photo. Nothing at all.
Canton, OH
Posted 10:28 PM, 02/04/2010
Grady's last name is a misnomer. . .
