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I have full support of MacPhail. But if nothing happens after this week, than ill be very worried about who we have running this team.

That's my timetable to really start worrying as well....if nothing happens between now and early next week, I'll become pretty speculative of how well of a job MacPhail is really doing.

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I am. Im worried if Andy MacPhail can get out of his own way, and make a trade without second guessing.

Peace, does anybody know for sure what deals are on the table that would make AM second guess himself? I agree that this week is key to getting something done. From what Dan Connelly stated is that there are 3-4 deals on the table but he was not hearing much coming out of the warehouse.

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Did he or did he not trade Miguel Tejada? I think that constituted a major trade. He's already shown he can "get out of his own way".

I dont think Peter Angelos had a problem with signing off on a Tejada deal.

The other two, makes me wonder whose calling the shots.

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Peace, does anybody know for sure what deals are on the table that would make AM second guess himself? I agree that this week is key to getting something done. From what Dan Connelly stated is that there are 3-4 deals on the table but he was not hearing much coming out of the warehouse.

No disrecpect to Dan. But who knows whats really on the table? Hence cutting down on leaks.

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Just because some of you give AM a deadline doesn't mean he immediately failed when he doesn't meet it. There is no reason not to wait until July 31st to trade Bedard if other teams won't give us what we want for him. Sure it would be a shame if he got injured before then but you can't count on that happening and accept a lesser deal.

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As much as I wouldn't like it, he'd still have Bedard. That's not nothing.

You know what I mean, though. Yes, we'd have Bedard, but what would that accomplish? We might win a few more games in '08, which wont matter. He MIGHT have a stellar year and another team might be willing to give up the farm for him come July, but that's a risk, especially when he's getting deals that are fair already.

Or, Bedard could get injured, or have a bad season, and Andy will sit there watching the guy's trade value plummet. That's a risk. And if that's what ends up happening then MacPhail has made a collosal mistake in not trading Bedard. We've got someone with great value and more value than we're likely to see any of our players have for some time, and we're not doing anything with it.

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Only one thing to say - I owe a public apology to BigBird...although I have never felt you were inaccurate in your postings I did wonder if there was a dislike of AM and PA that may have clouded your vision.

Please accept this apology

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Just because some of you give AM a deadline doesn't mean he immediately failed when he doesn't meet it. There is no reason not to wait until July 31st to trade Bedard if other teams won't give us what we want for him. Sure it would be a shame if he got injured before then but you can't count on that happening and accept a lesser deal.

But it cuts down on the number of teams willing to trade for him. What if Cinci, Seattle, and the Mets are 15 games out of first, do you think we will get the same deals?

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