Embree reflects on long, winding road
Published 4/12/2008 by Steve Herrick at Major League Baseball News
A few days before the 1997 season, Alan Embree, then with the Indians, was involved in a blockbuster trade. The Indians sent Embree and Kenny Lofton to Atlanta for David Justice and Marquis Grissom. Eleven years later, Embree is the only player involved in that trade who's still an active Major Leaguer.
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