Feldman to Orioles for Stropp, Arietta, bonus slots

[dcvalpo]

how could feldman be one of his boys? the guy was around for like 6 months.

 

also...

 

and the same with Clevenger. A great dude to have around, a great teammate who played the game hard and played the right way.

 

 

oh brother. this guy has a future in broadcasting for sure.

 

 

Truffle have you ever played ball before? These ball players see each other more than they see their families. Traveling together, eating together, and hell they even shower together. When you compete in a team sport against other teams you bond together. It sort of like having a little brother...you can beat the hell out him anytime but by god if someone else lays a hand on him all sorts of hell will get unleashed.

 

I don't think anyone here has actually played baseball before. We all just obsessively talk about it for other reasons that don't involve ever playing the game.

 

To put into a more familiar perspective, I'll assume that most of us have been to college. Maybe some in a frat. Becoming one of the boys can happen very quickly.

 

Think about how much time these guys spend togeter starting with Spring training. Very similar situation.

 

So, nobody jumped on this, huh?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

So, nobody jumped on this, huh?

I didn't see it until you quoted it, if you know what I mean.

[Little Slide Rooter]

So, nobody jumped on this, huh?

 

o, nobody jumped on this, huh?

 

I know, right? I would have though that at least CubsGM, GammonsPocketTweets, or MenInBlue would have gotten to it.

[Gingerballs Lives]

Strop has been pretty terrific so far.

[Illini Iceman]

Strop has been pretty terrific so far.

 

Feldman has been pretty crappy since he went over to Baltimore.

[bleedcubbieblue]

Good times, enjoyable reading.....

[ARCubsFan]

Good times, enjoyable reading.....

Yellon, is that you?

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

So reading this thread made me laugh.

[Tyrant]

So reading this thread made me laugh.

 

so much wrong.

[imb]

this thread is like porn to me

[Little Slide Rooter]

‏@keithlaw 3m

Fair both ways, IMO. RT @Hockey442: @Ken_Rosenthal @keithlaw initial thoughts on who got the best value?

 

bleh

 

There was a time when I was super high on Arrieta. I think it was 2009, though.

 

That better be a lot of pool space. I wasn't expecting much but these two guys......ugh

 

Their hand must have been forced in IFA because I was hoping for much better for Feldman.

 

Eww. Instead of prospects for Feldman, we got crappy older pitchers?

 

Neither of those guys are young or good.

 

A lot of well regarded minds were waaaaay off here.

[UMFan83]

Yeah I don't blame them either. I don't think people were expecting a ton back but I think at that point we were hoping for prospects with upside not a couple of guys who hadn't achievef much in a good deal of MLB time. I'm sure everyone is happy to be wrong

[Andy]

The reaction probably would've been much more favorable, too, if we'd caught on to the fact that Bosio is a [expletive] magician by then. I don't think we had yet.

[seanimal]

first of all, any al yellon's or such coming in here after a particularly brilliant stretch of games for arietta is pathetic. especially those that didn't put their voice on record. i'll admit some delight in reading the wrongness herein, however, i think most of it was wrong for the right reasons

 

the unfortunate part was the reminder of how unabatedly miserable certain posters were/are. like, lighten the [expletive] up fellas