http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/the-g-m-is-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-player-x-so-what/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 00:11:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/the-g-m-is-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-player-x-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-164274 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:42:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=71620#comment-164274 Fun fact. About 50 years ago, Motorola decided that it would be able to make a portable phone the size of a shoe, like the one pictured. CEO Bob Galvin decided that Hollywood would be an good test market: wealthy people, lots of windshield time, producers, agents, actors wanting to be in touch with each other. So he went to Hollywood and asked many people if they would be interested in a portable phone that was the size of a shoe. This became Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/the-g-m-is-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-player-x-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-164256 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:11:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=71620#comment-164256 Ken Rosenthal and the ESPN baseball “reporters” are the worst when it comes to speculation and rumors about trades. Almost all of their reports turn out to be wrong and then when a trade does happen they jump all over it and act like they knew it was going to happen all along.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/the-g-m-is-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-player-x-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-164252 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:58:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=71620#comment-164252 It could be the Unabomber’s. His stuff has been put up for sale.
As far as trade rumors are concerned, any stories about the Jays do not originate with the team. A. A. does not leak stories about trade discussions.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/15/the-g-m-is-willing-to-listen-to-offers-for-player-x-so-what/comment-page-1/#comment-164240 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:33:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=71620#comment-164240 Isn’t that the Unabomber’s phone in that commercial?

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