{"id":479,"date":"2009-02-25T12:22:59","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2009-02-25T12:29:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T18:29:36","slug":"lets-trade-the-farm-for-roy-halladay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/479\/lets-trade-the-farm-for-roy-halladay","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Trade the Farm for Roy Halladay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, look at that, Paul Konerko is apparently expendable<\/a> despite the Sox’ list of alternatives at first consisting of Jim “Just the Bat, Please” Thome and Uribe II: Wilson Betemit.<\/p>\n

Hey, look at that, the Blue Jays have an ace<\/a> they can’t afford and are apparently already out of the race for the AL East unless they can acquire some thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? If it’s that Konerko, frustrating as he may be, is probably unmovable at this point due to his declining production and the not-very-good year he’s coming off of and that the Blue Jays, foolish though they may sometimes be<\/a>, could get a mightier bat than even Paulie’s in return for one of the best pitchers in the game, we’re totally in synch.<\/p>\n

But this, friends, is the real beauty of the preseason: anything is possible, no matter how stupid or improbable. You or I or anyone can sit here and cook up totally psychotic situations and right now, for all anyone knows, they all could totally happen!<\/p>\n

Why wouldn’t<\/em> the Good Guys trade away their franchise cornerstone and lone everyday first baseman?<\/p>\n

Why wouldn’t<\/em> the Blue Jays trade one of the rarest, most valuable commodities in the game for one of the most readily available?<\/p>\n

Why can’t<\/em> we compare<\/a> the White Sox of this decade to the Braves of the last one?<\/p>\n

Why won’t<\/em> Chris Getz, Jerry Owens or Brent Lillibridge be the second coming<\/a> of Tim Raines, Ray-Ray and Scotty Potty?<\/p>\n

Dream big, people. Dream of bunts and stolen bases, of Halladay\/Buehrle\/Danks\/Floyd replacing Maddux\/Glavine\/Smoltz in the modern baseball canon, of Most Valuable Rookies and a World Series of the Year. Those dreams can all come true.<\/p>\n

Even the ones about trading away awkwardly necessary players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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