I’d suggest a vacation for each and everyone of you, hopefully to occupy your time between now and a month from now, when P/C report.

Then we’ll have a whole raft of new things to complain about, presumably.

I prefer inane, thank you.

The trade was the compensation Seattle required from Tampa Bay in order for the Devil Rays to talk to Piniella, who had one year left on his contract when he asked to move closer to his Tampa home two weeks ago.

Now, the part I really don’t remember is what rights the M’s held at the time of the trade to Piniella’s contract, and whether that was contractual in the deal they signed, or something else.

Bizarre, perhaps. It’s not exactly a commonplace situation overall. Childish? If you can pick up a scrapheap manager from somewhere and improve your team while getting something, albeit minor, in return for your current manager, I think that’s a good decision. I don’t see how it’s childish to point that out.

I know the Rays probably worked out contractual details with Tampa beforehand

this would trully be bizarre….

Bavasi?

Who wouldn’t take that deal? Really.