I'd like Ohtani to be given a dirt bath ala David Gee!!!

[Dr Naysay]

Seriously, having just finished reading an article about the whole thing I am actually pissed at the guy. He knew full well he was going to LA the whole time, yet he strung us along and allowed M's management to think they had a shot at him when in reality all he was doing was just creating some bs hype. That might have been his managements doing but seriously I don't care.

Because the media(and clearly it was allowed and encouraged) gave us a pretty damn good shot at getting him we proceeded to ship off RHP Thyago Vieira, SS Christopher Torres, OF Brayan Hernandez, SP Paul Fry, OF Rayder Ascanio, and Nick Neidert in search of more international funds. Just imagine the flexibility in trades and the state of the farm we would have had if he had stopped playing us for fools, allowed us to stop wasting our time and just made his decision early.

I am pretty sure David Gee hates Anaheim anyway but I hope this dude is up there.

Rant/

[Hanjag]

Seriously, having just finished reading an article about the whole thing I am actually pissed at the guy. He knew full well he was going to LA the whole time, yet he strung us along and allowed M's management to think they had a shot at him when in reality all he was doing was just creating some bs hype. That might have been his managements doing but seriously I don't care.

Because the media(and clearly it was allowed and encouraged) gave us a pretty damn good shot at getting him we proceeded to ship off RHP Thyago Vieira, SS Christopher Torres, OF Brayan Hernandez, SP Paul Fry, OF Rayder Ascanio, and Nick Neidert in search of more international funds. Just imagine the flexibility in trades and the state of the farm we would have had if he had stopped playing us for fools, allowed us to stop wasting our time and just made his decision early.

I am pretty sure David Gee hates Anaheim anyway but I hope this dude is up there.

Rant/

It would be nice to see what these guys become and reflect back. By becoming I mean what was their post trade peak value be it organizational #11 prospect, 7th inning guy, what they were traded for, etc.

[:::]

How about a link to the article? I think the characterization of the trades is a little over blown since several involved major league caliber players coming back to Seattle. Yeah, international slot money was picked up along the way but the drivers of 3 of those prospect moves were Leake, Phelps and Gordon. One comment I have is only fools can be played for fools. Anyway, water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned.

[DavidGee24]

I am pretty sure David Gee hates Anaheim anyway but I hope this dude is up there.

That gives me an idea. I'm going to steal a bulldozer, scoop up several tons of dirt, and then drive over to Angel Stadium and give it a dirt bath.

As for Ohtani, yes, definitely make him take constant dirt baths if only just because somebody's got to take them for this debacle.

[Donn Beach]

they also traded slot money again for other players, Edwin Quezada, Anthony Misiewicz, Shawn Armstrong

[Petert]

Seriously, having just finished reading an article about the whole thing I am actually pissed at the guy. He knew full well he was going to LA the whole time, yet he strung us along and allowed M's management to think they had a shot at him when in reality all he was doing was just creating some bs hype. That might have been his managements doing but seriously I don't care.

Because the media(and clearly it was allowed and encouraged) gave us a pretty damn good shot at getting him we proceeded to ship off RHP Thyago Vieira, SS Christopher Torres, OF Brayan Hernandez, SP Paul Fry, OF Rayder Ascanio, and Nick Neidert in search of more international funds. Just imagine the flexibility in trades and the state of the farm we would have had if he had stopped playing us for fools, allowed us to stop wasting our time and just made his decision early.

I am pretty sure David Gee hates Anaheim anyway but I hope this dude is up there.

Rant/

Dr N, this should add some fuel to your ire.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/ ... htani.html

[Dr Naysay]

I actually don't wish anything bad to the guy at all, he is a great player I just wish we weren't part of his LeBron Jamesesque show when he eventually signed for less money because he knew LA was where he wanted to go.