tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post2660326727089230329..comments2023-06-25T04:47:18.160-04:00Comments on NationalsFanboyLooser: Trying to absorb this dealMikeHarrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-54334523578397656712008-07-26T08:54:00.000-04:002008-07-26T08:54:00.000-04:00Ditto on Redding, painful as it is to say it.Wheth...Ditto on Redding, painful as it is to say it.<BR/><BR/>Whether the current GM can get a trade done is, of course, another matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-35631365617708143522008-07-25T00:15:00.000-04:002008-07-25T00:15:00.000-04:00I'd be in favour of dumping Redding. The guy is a ...I'd be in favour of dumping Redding. The guy is a machine, but an old machine... surely he is worth something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-1969812909243610412008-07-24T17:53:00.000-04:002008-07-24T17:53:00.000-04:00It is time to dump the pitching staff and bring up...It is time to dump the pitching staff and bring up some of the young guys. This season is lost anyway, so let them earn their spots now. Something that dramatic might actually bring some life back to this team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-80706010709321474582008-07-24T15:09:00.000-04:002008-07-24T15:09:00.000-04:00Dave, will get you added. I'm new at this - and it...Dave, will get you added. I'm new at this - and it is a SLOW learning process for a dinosaur like me.<BR/><BR/>I'm better with the trade than I am with the fact that I actually typed "let Ayala close." Seriously, I was out of my head.MikeHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-73767573318013005672008-07-24T12:47:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:47:00.000-04:00p.s. would love to make your blogroll. you're al...p.s. would love to make your blogroll. you're already added to mine. thanks!Dave Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310191107811609232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-24166471442244369042008-07-24T12:45:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:45:00.000-04:00closers grow on trees (see: Rauch, Jon). slick fi...closers grow on trees (see: Rauch, Jon). <BR/><BR/>slick fielding 2Bs that can steal 40 bases: not.<BR/><BR/>you gotta trade a career set-up guy for a 23-year-old "fastest guy in professinal baseball".<BR/><BR/>and for all teh talk about relievers being the hot commodity, well, we'll see about that in the next week. but if they could have gotten more for Rauch, don't you think they would have? especially with this team's track record (see Cordero, Chad 2007). who's sorry now about that?Dave Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310191107811609232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-72605550304262995682008-07-24T09:31:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:31:00.000-04:00Yeah. What I posted here originally? Forget it. ...Yeah. What I posted here originally? Forget it. I was delirious.<BR/>Trade him AND a prospect just as a thank you for taking him off our hands.MikeHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-56995199076540480742008-07-24T00:55:00.000-04:002008-07-24T00:55:00.000-04:00I've asked this before as well, talk about needing...I've asked this before as well, talk about needing pen help, why is Ayala still pitching in the big leagues? Surely he isn't part of the plan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com