Harden and Heilman Claimed on Waivers

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<!--quoteo(post=60975:date=Sep 1 2009, 04:03 PM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Sep 1 2009, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60973:date=Sep 1 2009, 04:00 PM:name=Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid @ Sep 1 2009, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60970:date=Sep 1 2009, 03:57 PM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Sep 1 2009, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60966:date=Sep 1 2009, 03:54 PM:name=Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid @ Sep 1 2009, 03:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60961:date=Sep 1 2009, 03:50 PM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Sep 1 2009, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60960:date=Sep 1 2009, 03:49 PM:name=Giff)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giff @ Sep 1 2009, 03:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Again Coldneck, you used a perfect example of why there's little doubt at least one team would put a claim on him. Alex fucking Rios, he of the .264/.317/.427 slash numbers at the time of his claim and the 6 years, $60+mil left on his contract, got claimed without even making it through a third of the league.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

One is not related to the other. Just b/c Ken Williams is a fucking moron doesn't mean the rest of the GMs are.
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Well then you've got a perfect little scenario. A directly analogous situation that disproves your theory: "Well that doesn't count because it's Kenny Williams."
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I've said before that all it takes is one idiot GM. Could it happen... absolutely. Would it happen... I seriously doubt it. I think Ken Williams was the only GM that would possible make such an idiotic move. The BJs lucked out and the Methheads will be paying for it the next 6 years.
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Here's the problem with your argument. Your position is based only on faith. I can't unequivocally say that you're wrong, but I can point to the fact that it only took 20% of the teams to have the right to claim Rios before he was claimed. Your position is "I don't believe it would happen" which is based on nothing more than your belief. Could you be right? Yes. But when you take a position that can't be disproven because it's nothing more than blind belief, there's not really much of a point to continuing this discussion.
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The opposite opinon is based on that exact same faith. There is no way for one to prove or disprove the other unless something is published saying Z was released and was or wasn't claimed.
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Except the analogous situation with Alex Rios where it only took 20% of the teams to claim him, and Hendry's statement that a dozen players (i.e. half the team) were claimed. That's not blind belief. Your attempt to distinguish Rios by saying "only Kenny Williams would do it" when 80% of the teams hadn't had a chance yet is blind faith.