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I Am The Game · 03-29-2003, 09:14 PM

I agree with Rolen - stop ripping on the Bagwell for Anderson deal!

Besides, they did get Lowe and Varitek for Slocumb, so that helps ease the pain a bit.

But I don't think some of the people are understanding. The original poster was not complaining about the game being unrealistic. He was just looking for entertainment probably lol, that's what I got out of it. An entertaining thread. I mean, I'm sure we can all think of 4 or 5 trades off the top of our heads (except for that Dodger fan up there), but to see some of the worst trades in history (at least in hindsight) all in one place is interesting.

As someone noted there is only two outcomes for a prospects for players trade. Either it's a stupid deal or a great deal. Now, there are some cases of just really bad scouting (Deshields for Pedro...who would have thought Jody Reed - who chose not to resign with LA - would have such an effect on the game??), but more often then not it's just taking a crapshoot. Sometimes GMs can't wait for that Double-A Starting Pitcher to flourish, they need that Setup man NOW, therefore pulling the trigger.

03-29-2003, 09:14 PM	#31
I Am The Game All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 691	I agree with Rolen - stop ripping on the Bagwell for Anderson deal! Besides, they did get Lowe and Varitek for Slocumb, so that helps ease the pain a bit. But I don't think some of the people are understanding. The original poster was not complaining about the game being unrealistic. He was just looking for entertainment probably lol, that's what I got out of it. An entertaining thread. I mean, I'm sure we can all think of 4 or 5 trades off the top of our heads (except for that Dodger fan up there), but to see some of the worst trades in history (at least in hindsight) all in one place is interesting. As someone noted there is only two outcomes for a prospects for players trade. Either it's a stupid deal or a great deal. Now, there are some cases of just really bad scouting (Deshields for Pedro...who would have thought Jody Reed - who chose not to resign with LA - would have such an effect on the game??), but more often then not it's just taking a crapshoot. Sometimes GMs can't wait for that Double-A Starting Pitcher to flourish, they need that Setup man NOW, therefore pulling the trigger.