The Dude wrote:JFLNYC wrote:The Dude wrote:The price didn't go up yet, this is likely posturing
Unless it's not.
Right, but you already seem resigned to the fact. I think it's extremely likely these are last ditch efforts by JPR, and that these are the rumors he leaked, unlike that retarded Mets story.
And you seem ready to call every rumor posturing, planted by Riccardi, even when it's from a former Red Sox beat writer.
You could be right and I pray that you are. Neither of us knows. But I'm not willing to buy in to the view that Riccardi has to trade Halladay, has no alternative to the Phils and, even if he did, would necessarily give the Phils a chance to top any other offer. That's a bit too Pollyanna for my tastes.
And, as far as waiting until we get all the facts, you never get all the facts. You always deal with imperfect information. If someone else swoops in with another deal, we likely won't know much until it's too late. It's like with Tony Soprano: You never see it coming.
