MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=57001:date=Aug 11 2009, 10:43 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Aug 11 2009, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56995:date=Aug 11 2009, 10:25 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 11 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=56994:date=Aug 11 2009, 10:23 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Aug 11 2009, 10:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I'm simply saying that a team more concerned with marketing doesn't trade one of it's most popular players so they can sign a douchebag like Milton Bradley. Fans would have been happy keeping the same team together. They changed it up because they felt they had to from a competitive standpoint, not a marketing one.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They didn't trade DeRosa to get Bradley. They traded DeRosa to get Peavy.

So there's that.
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Well that certainly changes nothing.
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You're looking for a swift kick to the gonads on Saturday, aren't you?