KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Brandon Phillips was struck by the oddity of being traded to a team that includes 43-year-old pitcher Bartolo Colon.
''It's crazy being on he same team with the guy I got traded for,'' the new Atlanta Braves second baseman said Friday after his first spring training workout. ''I think we're the only two players who played with the Expos that are still playing now.''
Actually Phillips, now 35, never made it up to the Montreal Expos, who became the Washington Nationals in 2005. On June 7, 2002, the Expos traded Phillips, Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee and Lee Stevens to Cleveland for Colon and Tim Drew.