As promised, Jimmy Rollins bought a full-page advertisement in Saturday’s Philadelphia Inquirer thanking the fans who followed him for 15 years with the Phillies.
Rollins was traded to the Dodgers on Thursday. On a conference call with reporters on Friday, he mentioned the ad would be coming out. He also said that he doesn’t feel he has to re-prove himself in a new city.
“It’s a new start at a new place where people don’t know who I am as a person,” Rollins said. “All I have to do is go out there and be a leader on that squad and win. When you win — it’s a cliche in sports, it takes care of everything — but it does.”
Anyway, here’s the ad: