HALLADAY VIII: GUS IS SCRATCHNG LIKE A CHEAP JOHN

by **FTN** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 00:52:37

mcare89 wrote:
FTN wrote:SI_JonHeyman#rangers came close to landing halladay sometime today. chances dont appear great now. but 13 hours to go!
3 minutes ago from web

How does a team exactly come close to making a deal, but then become unclose?

they thought they were trading for someone else?

by **mcare89** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 00:55:08

FTN wrote:
mcare89 wrote:
FTN wrote:SI_JonHeyman#rangers came close to landing halladay sometime today. chances dont appear great now. but 13 hours to go!
3 minutes ago from web

How does a team exactly come close to making a deal, but then become unclose?

they thought they were trading for someone else?

Rangers: We'll give you Smoak and Holland.
JP: Oh, almost, but we're going to need a little more, that's really close.
Rangers: How about Smoak and Padilla?
JP: We're done here.

by **FTN** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 01:03:12

Probably more like this

Daniels: So whats the asking price?
Ricciardi: Smoak and Feliz
Daniels: Done deal
Ricciardi: Oh, and we also want Andrus, Holland and Salty
Daniels: (click)

by **Titlehungry** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 02:00:17

Sources told FOXSports.com that the Jays are holding out for Derek Holland, Justin Smoak and two more prospects from the Rangers in a Roy Halladay deal.

by **philliesr98** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 09:17:08

Can't wait till they agree on the trade and Halladay goes "F that noise"

by **JFLNYC** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:26:17

Have the Phils gotten him yet? What's the damn delay?

by **Grotewold** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:27:11

Him staying put or going to Siberia will cement what has been an all around dick lick of a deadline

by **JFLNYC** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:27:52

mcare89 wrote:
FTN wrote:SI_JonHeyman#rangers came close to landing halladay sometime today. chances dont appear great now. but 13 hours to go!
3 minutes ago from web

How does a team exactly come close to making a deal, but then become unclose?

They settled on the players, but the Rangers asked for cash.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:06:37

At least we got to witness the career suicides of two GM's this week instead of just the one (Minaya).

by **FTN** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:21:31

Dodgers looking for more bullpen help — 11:55 a.m.

The Dodgers no longer are talking to the Blue Jays about ace right-hander Roy Halladay, and they're also unlikely to get Jays right-handed reliever Jason Frasor, according to a major-league source.

The Jays are listening on all fronts until the 4 p.m. non-waiver deadline. The Dodgers, looking for bullpen help even after adding left-hander George Sherrill on Thursday, have inquired on Frasor.

The source, however, indicated that the teams did not have a match.

- Foxsports

by **JFLNYC** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:26:31

Get Scutaro.

by **FTN** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:50:51

Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said Friday that he expects Roy Halladay to stay in Toronto, at least through the 2009 season.
Ricciardi was disappointed by most of the offers presented to him. "I think it has taken a long time for people to figure out how serious we have been (about the high asking price)," he said. "If you put your house up for sale and it is a $1 million house, you are not accepting $800,000. I have the best pitcher in baseball, I should be overwhelmed."

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:53:11

Except that if like 10 people offer you 800k, and everyone laughs when you ask for a million, perhaps, just maybe, your asking price is above what the market will bear. I dunno, just me.

by **Werthless** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:54:44

FTN wrote:
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said Friday that he expects Roy Halladay to stay in Toronto, at least through the 2009 season.
Ricciardi was disappointed by most of the offers presented to him. "I think it has taken a long time for people to figure out how serious we have been (about the high asking price)," he said. "If you put your house up for sale and it is a $1 million house, you are not accepting $800,000. I have the best pitcher in baseball, I should be overwhelmed."

He should call the whaaaambulance.

by **VFB** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:55:19

he'll probably trade him for "400K" at 2:59PM, just to spite Rube

by **Squire** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:55:39

I think JP will leave Toronto before Halladay does. He's got 3 hours left an expensive team way out of contention and hasn't closed a single deal as I can recall.

by **cshort** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:58:56

FTN wrote:
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said Friday that he expects Roy Halladay to stay in Toronto, at least through the 2009 season.
Ricciardi was disappointed by most of the offers presented to him. "I think it has taken a long time for people to figure out how serious we have been (about the high asking price)," he said. "If you put your house up for sale and it is a $1 million house, you are not accepting $800,000. I have the best pitcher in baseball, I should be overwhelmed."

Guess he hasn't looked at the real estate market lately. What a moron.

by **bleh** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 13:03:52

seke2 wrote:Except that if like 10 people offer you 800k, and everyone laughs when you ask for a million, perhaps, just maybe, your asking price is above what the market will bear. I dunno, just me.

and your house is an igloo and it's about to get really hot

by **Werthless** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 13:15:00

and the carpet smells like cat piss

by **Werthless** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 13:15:43

and your neighbors are really annoying and likely to win the block-wide wiffleball tourney the next couple years, because they have a lot of athletic kids

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