Geno Suarez was about to head out of the Diamondbacks ’ locker room for a meeting Saturday afternoon when he was stopped by longtime clubhouse assistant Lupe Uribe. Moments earlier, Uribe had hung up some clothes in the third baseman’s locker that had just arrived from the dry cleaners.
“I’m sorry,” Uribe told Suarez in Spanish, ushering him back to his locker stall, “but I think they shrunk one of your shirts.”
The usual smile on Suarez’s face briefly left. It was only a harmless prank, though. Turns out, the tiny pink shirt hanging next to the rest of Suarez’s clean clothes belonged to his young daughter, and it got mixed in with his laundry order by mistake.
Even if it were one of his shirts, it wouldn’t have bothered Suarez.
“This guy?” Uribe asked. “He never gets upset.”
It’s true. Geno Suarez is always in a good mood. Whether he goes 0 for 4 with three strikeouts or rakes four hits with three home runs, he’s generally the same, easygoing, fun-loving guy.
“Yes. Always,” Suarez said, smiling.