10, and the lessons of life

[weams]

[Frobby]

As noted in Adam’s post before that one, today is the 10th anniversary of the trade that brought Adam to Baltimore.    Hard to believe it’s been that long.   

[Plutarch]

Was hoping this was something about the Bo Derek, Dudley Moore movie - now there were some life lessons 

[Moose Milligan]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

As noted in Adam’s post before that one, today is the 10th anniversary of the trade that brought Adam to Baltimore.    Hard to believe it’s been that long.   

My thought exactly.  Can't believe it's been 10 years since that deal happened.  A lot of us have been on here a long, long time.

[foxfield]

Wow, 10 years is hard to believe.  Keep grinding Adam.

 

[Frobby]

9 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

My thought exactly.  Can't believe it's been 10 years since that deal happened.  A lot of us have been on here a long, long time.

Talk about a trade that took a long time to develop - Bedard was openly shopped at the winter meetings and it took Andy until Feb. 8 to develop a deal that was to his liking.     As good as the trade turned out, the Reds offered some packages that might have been even better.    But I’m not complaining.   

[Moose Milligan]

36 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Talk about a trade that took a long time to develop - Bedard was openly shopped at the winter meetings and it took Andy until Feb. 8 to develop a deal that was to his liking.     As good as the trade turned out, the Reds offered some packages that might have been even better.    But I’m not complaining.   

Not complaining, either.  Not at all.

I do remember, around that time, that we were working on a trade with the Dodgers and Kershaw was rumored to be a name.  SG was all in on that one, IIRC and I remember it because it was the first time I'd heard of Clayton Kershaw.  I might be misremembering things but I think at one point the Angels had a package, too.

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Not complaining, either.  Not at all.

I do remember, around that time, that we were working on a trade with the Dodgers and Kershaw was rumored to be a name.  SG was all in on that one, IIRC and I remember it because it was the first time I'd heard of Clayton Kershaw.  I might be misremembering things but I think at one point the Angels had a package, too.

We also were rumored to have been offered a package that included both Joey Votto (then the no. 44 prospect per BA) and Johnny Cueto (no. 34) with 2-3 other pieces.    But at the time, Andy was insisting that Jay Bruce (then considered the no. 1 prospect in baseball) be included in the package.   I think the Dodgers offered Kemp in one of their packages, too.   It was a wild winter with tons of rumors, so who knows what we really were offered.   But as I said, no complaints about what we got.   

[foxfield]

It was exciting. And yes lots of rumors.  We did really well.  It was Andy's best move without fail...

 

[bobmc]

 

[Camden_yardbird]

Took 33 years for me to get my first baseball at a stadium.  Two years ago Adam gave me one of the best birthday presents ever when he threw a CD fouled baseball into the Fenway stands to the only Oriole fan he could see.

[theocean]

16 hours ago, Frobby said:

We also were rumored to have been offered a package that included both Joey Votto (then the no. 44 prospect per BA) and Johnny Cueto (no. 34) with 2-3 other pieces.    But at the time, Andy was insisting that Jay Bruce (then considered the no. 1 prospect in baseball) be included in the package.   I think the Dodgers offered Kemp in one of their packages, too.   It was a wild winter with tons of rumors, so who knows what we really were offered.   But as I said, no complaints about what we got.   

I remember all of the rumored potential packages were awesome. If I remember correctly, at one point the Reds were rumored to be offering Votto, Cueto, and Josh Hamilton. Pretty insane if true.

But, yep, as you said, no complaints about what we got.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, theocean said:

I remember all of the rumored potential packages were awesome. If I remember correctly, at one point the Reds were rumored to be offering Votto, Cueto, and Josh Hamilton. Pretty insane if true.

But, yep, as you said, no complaints about what we got.

I know Hamilton was discussed in some of the early packages, though I forget whether those packages included both Votto and Cueto.  Hamilton was traded on December 21, 2007, so he obviously wasn’t in the later packages.   I also remember Drew Stubbs and Edwin Encarnacion being mentioned.    

[weams]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I know Hamilton was discussed in some of the early packages, though I forget whether those packages included both Votto and Cueto.  Hamilton was traded on December 21, 2007, so he obviously wasn’t in the later packages.   I also remember Drew Stubbs and Edwin Encarnacion being mentioned.    

I remember Edwin Encarnacion being put on waivers. 

[weams]

I remember J.D. Martinez being released. By the Astros. Some mistakes are not fatal I guess.