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Onion: Mets Release Mets
| bmfc1 Mar 27 2011 09:06 AM |
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Here's one way to make changes:
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| MFS62 Mar 27 2011 09:18 AM Re: Onion: Mets Release Mets |
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This was actually done. When Bill Veeck took over the St. Louis Browns, he put the entire team on waivers.
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| Ashie62 Mar 27 2011 09:23 AM Re: Onion: Mets Release Mets |
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Remember when Charlie Finley tried to sell his Oakland A's players piecemeal? Vida Blue would have looked good at Shea with Seaver and Kooz.
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| TheOldMole Mar 27 2011 01:35 PM Re: Onion: Mets Release Mets |
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Putting the whole team on waivers is not that uncommon. Sometimes a GM will do it to disguise his intentions about the player he really wants to waive.
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| Edgy DC Mar 27 2011 01:37 PM Re: Onion: Mets Release Mets |
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Reader Releases Onion.
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| RealityChuck Mar 27 2011 01:58 PM Re: Onion: Mets Release Mets |
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Reminds me of the old George Carlin joke from the 60s: "The San Francisco Giants traded Willie Mays to the New York Mets . . . in exchange for the entire Mets team."
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