Coletti trades guitarist for 3B douche

by oooreebay on Jul 26, 2008 4:06 PM PDT Comment 13 comments

Story:
Dodgers send pair of prospects to Indians for Blake

If I read this article right, the balance of power has shifted in the NL West? The division is all but the Dodgers now? This equates to a rental and makes sense if either Project LaRoche or Project DeWitt pan out in the long term.

In the deal, assistant GM-turned-mole Ned Colletti sends AAA strikeout artist Joe Meloan and legendary guitarist Carlos Santana for the bearded 3B. The article irked me a bit with this pearl of tainted sportswriting from the desk of Jayson Stark:

With the trade of Xavier Nady to the Yankees on Friday, Blake was possibly the most highly sought-after bat on the market.

Funny, I don't recall possible deals involving Blake making headlines, but the bat of one Barry Lamar Bonds made all kinds of noise. In his world, "sought-after" doesn't equate to much.

Also, this happened:

"Casey Blake is a gamer," Dodgers GM Ned Colletti said. "His experience and character will be a plus as we head down the stretch in the final two months of the regular season."

Gamer my arse, Blake doesn't play home games in China Basin. I 'spose Colletti hasn't been watching his mandated Giants broadcasts to know gamers throw player-hating fastballs and assist you at the grocery store.

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sabes could kick collettis ass in a cage match

by sugarandspice on Jul 26, 2008 4:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Could work well for LA if Blake is a type A or type B FA

by wilriv21 on Jul 26, 2008 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's hope they botch this one... :-)

Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on Jul 26, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

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Funny, I don’t recall possible deals involving Blake making headlines, but the bat of one Barry Lamar Bonds made all kinds of noise. In his world, “sought-after” doesn’t equate to much.

There’s pretty clearly no one seeking Bonds, because he’s a free agent.

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by groug on Jul 26, 2008 4:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Posted 4 hours ago on CNN/SI according to Google News…article titled “Yankees haven’t ruled out Bonds“

Apparently there is still some interest…...FWIW.

Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on Jul 26, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Operation Ned continues to be a great success.

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by Natto on Jul 26, 2008 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

“Operation Ned” could be short lived with Logan White taking over next season.

by wilriv21 on Jul 26, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s why it’s so important that Ned initiates operation “brainwash Logan White” as soon as possible.

They were going to come up with a more subtle code name for this operation, but they figured that they haven’t been doing anything regarding this little sabatoge with any degree of subtlety, and that’s been working fine so far.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 26, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I ‘spose Colletti hasn’t been watching his mandated Giants broadcasts to know gamers throw player-hating fastballs and assist you at the grocery store.

Not to nit-pick or anything…but the Matty Cain fastball was of the “Don’t C-block me, bro” variety.

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by PacBellBoozer on Jul 26, 2008 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Some people think he traded for Blake because he’s about to send Andy LaRoche over to the A’s for Huston Street.

Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment

by rxmeister on Jul 27, 2008 5:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 27, 2008 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs