"The Moose isn't going to be around anymore"

Kirby Arnold of the Everett Herald catches up with JJ Putz ('00) to see how the trade from Seattle to the New York Mets has affected the Putz family.

J.J. Putz had prepared himself to be traded long before the Seattle Mariners dealt him to the New York Mets in early December, so when it happened it wasn't a shock.

His family still hasn't come to grips with it.

His wife, Kelsey, cried knowing she'd leave a circle of close friends she'd made in Seattle. And his 3-year-old twin daughters, Lauren and Kaelyn, still aren't fully aware of what has happened.

"We keep telling them the Moose isn't going to be around anymore, but I don't think they fully realize it yet," Putz said. "When they sing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' they still say 'root, root, root for the Mariners.' We have to correct them on that now."

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