I Laughed Reading This:

[PieOnMyHands]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5208404

 

Mets could get Manny in four-way blockbuster

 

The New York Mets have been involved in ongoing discussions regarding relief pitcher Danys Baez.

 

Big deal!

 

But those talks could potentially blossom into a huge four-way trade that could send Manny Ramirez to the Big Apple and Miguel Tejada to Boston, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

 

This is the laughable part:

 

As for the Orioles, they would satisfy their shortstop and pitching needs by acquiring Julio Lugo from Tampa Bay, and veteran right-hander Kris Benson from the Mets.

 

So while entertaining offers that involve Manny and Clement, Prior, and possibly some nice offers from the White Sox, the Orioles will settle for the Lugo and Benson package?

 

This story has to be 100% fabricated.

[RockTheIvy]

Didn't Crazy Rumor guy come up with this? I thought we discussed this a few days back? Where does Rosenthal get his info?

[oldcubsfan]

Didn't Crazy Rumor guy come up with this? I thought we discussed this a few days back? Where does Rosenthal get his info?

It's not Rosenthal. It's the AP picking up a story in the NY Daily News.

[Cubfanintheknow]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5208404

 

Mets could get Manny in four-way blockbuster

 

The New York Mets have been involved in ongoing discussions regarding relief pitcher Danys Baez.

 

Big deal!

 

But those talks could potentially blossom into a huge four-way trade that could send Manny Ramirez to the Big Apple and Miguel Tejada to Boston, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

 

This is the laughable part:

 

As for the Orioles, they would satisfy their shortstop and pitching needs by acquiring Julio Lugo from Tampa Bay, and veteran right-hander Kris Benson from the Mets.

 

So while entertaining offers that involve Manny and Clement, Prior, and possibly some nice offers from the White Sox, the Orioles will settle for the Lugo and Benson package?

 

This story has to be 100% fabricated.

 

O's would also get Anna! :wink:

[UK1679666180]

Can I try???? :P (this won't happen but it's fun, so what the heck..)

 

Cubs acquire Abreu (Payroll increases by about 6 mil)

Boston acquires Lugo, Pierre, and Williams (Payroll increases by 4mil)

Phillies acquire Clement, Baez, and Hill (Payroll remains same)

TB acquires Marte & Van Buren (Payroll decreases by 10 mil)

 

Cubs trade Pierre, Williams, and Hill

Boston trades Clement, Marte, & Van Buren

Phillies trade Abreu

TB trades Lugo and Baez.

 

Cubs line-up:

Walker-2B

Murton-LF

Lee-1B

Abreu-RF

Ramirez-3B

Jones-CF

Barrett-C

Cedeno-SS

[Blueheart05]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5208404

 

Mets could get Manny in four-way blockbuster

 

The New York Mets have been involved in ongoing discussions regarding relief pitcher Danys Baez.

 

Big deal!

 

But those talks could potentially blossom into a huge four-way trade that could send Manny Ramirez to the Big Apple and Miguel Tejada to Boston, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

 

This is the laughable part:

 

As for the Orioles, they would satisfy their shortstop and pitching needs by acquiring Julio Lugo from Tampa Bay, and veteran right-hander Kris Benson from the Mets.

 

So while entertaining offers that involve Manny and Clement, Prior, and possibly some nice offers from the White Sox, the Orioles will settle for the Lugo and Benson package?

 

This story has to be 100% fabricated.

 

 

This deal may infact be fabricated. The NY Post quotes sources that dispute it's validity. On a related note, I was happy to see in the Suntimes that, despite rumors to the contrary, the Cubs didn't offer Prior for Tejada (the O's asked for him first only to later ask for Zambrano (?). Who knows if any of these Tejada stories have legs...

 

 

There have been reports that the Mets, Orioles, Red Sox and Devil Rays have been working on a four-way deal that would ultimately bring Ramirez to the Mets. However, at least one top official from each of those teams denied four-way trade talks. One of the executives went as far as to call it "bogus bull[bleep]." Another executive said yesterday this was the first he was hearing of the four-way possibility.