Deadline day links
July 31, 2008 by Tony Baldwin
Filed under Baseball
There are way too many rumors on the Internet today. With good reason, of course, since today is the Major League Baseball trading deadline. So I’ve got to keep you informed on what’s going on and give you some reading material while you wait for some of the rumors to either become facts or fiction.
Jayson Stark at ESPN.com has a great read about “Winners and losers at the time that were short-lived.” I still remember #9. I thought Randy Johnson would lift the Houston Astros all the way to a World Series championship. Man, would I like to go back and make that trade not happen. If only the ‘Stros had Carlos Guillen and Freddy Garcia when they were in their prime!
The Kansas City Star has an article in today’s newspaper titled “Baseball history shows that trade-deadline deals offer limited help at a high cost,” written by Sam Mellinger. The article has a BIG picture of Pudge. Hmm….
Even TheStreet.com is getting in on the trading deadline action. They put out a good read called “MainStreet: Baseball Trades Mean Big Bucks.”
Dan at Connolly’s Corner Sports Bar (a Baltimore Sun blog) is asking what would you do with George Sherrill at the deadline?
This Philadelphia Phillies fan says the Phils “whiffed” by not trading for Ivan Rodriguez…. Really? Talk to the Detroit Tigers about that.
