Even if the trade doesn't go down it doesn't necessarily mean the poster made it up. We know from the Bruce Levine fiasco earlier this year that trades can be reported by reputable sources and still not get finalized. Perhaps one of the teams backs out at the last minute, or perhaps the poster's source got bad information. One false report (if in fact it does turn out to be false) shouldn't be grounds for banning somebody. If he repeatedly makes false reports (as opposed to one time) that would be different. I think this is right on. In addition, I would add that he made all of the appropriate disclaimers. If you go out and mortgage your house to bet it all on the Cubs winning the Wild Card because the will get Dunn based on this rumor, you deserve to lose your house. Gah... I was kidding. Sarcasm apparently does need a color...