The Manny sweepstakes was crazy enough. Every ten minutes a deal was on, off, dead, on again, expanded, reduced, on, off, etc. In the end, the Dodgers gave up next to nothing, the Red Sox added two Major Leaguers to the deal, AND offered to pay the rest of Manny’s contract. Wow. Another strange development … Read more
Mr. Minaya, Mr. Minaya … Paging Mr. Minaya … Mr. Minaya, please pick up a house phone … Mr. Minaya, Mr. Minaya … Oh crap … it appears that Omar slept through the snooze alarm. Or maybe his cell phone battery went dead. Or perhaps it was something really simple, like he forgot it was … Read more
We will be going over every “deadline” deal eventually — most likely tomorrow, once the smoke clears. In the meantime, you can listen to me speak about the deadline on Gotham Nation by clicking on the widget to the right, or by downloading the mp3 and listening to it at your leisure. Also, you can … Read more
There is one hour left before the trading deadline, but my very reliable sources tell me that there will be no deal made by the Mets today. So there you have it.
Today Mark Healey and I are doing a special radio show to go over the madness of the trade deadline. Listen to us between 2pm and 3pm here: Gotham Sports Radio You can also call in with your questions and comments by dialing (646) 595-4003 (does anyone actually dial any more?)
There is a lot of nonsense being “reported” in the last 24-48 hours before the trading deadline. All the “buzz” you hear about this player generally comes from “team officials” or “a source close to the team”, etc. Part of what those “moles” are doing is purposely leaking information for any of several reasons. Let’s go through a few of the smoke screens set up by the moles and how they should be interpreted.
The “Insane Package Request”
Selling team “leaks out” that they want
Yankees GM Brian Cashman sits quietly at his desk, a few days after stealing Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates for a slew of prospects who were never going to get a shot to play in the Bronx. Suddenly, a knock on the door. “Come on in, it’s open.” Yankees manager Joe Girardi … Read more
Marlins 7 Mets 5 It couldn’t go on forever. Eventually, the Mets had to lose a series, and Mike Pelfrey had to lose a game. No need to panic — yet. Pelfrey was battered for five runs on eight hits — with all five scores coming in his last frame, the fourth. The Fish held … Read more
