Comments on: The five greatest trade deadlines in baseball history

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:11:21 +0000

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:02:44 +0000

I couldn’t find video of the play (probably on MLB.com behind paywall) – BUT I did find this animated Lego-based reenactment of the Gant/Hrbek play from two perspectives – how the Braves fan remembers the play and how the Twins fan remembers it. Skip right to 00:36 to get the reenactment.

Clearly, Craig see’s it the first way . . . and, of course, the first way is the ‘brave’ way to view it!

[gv]http://youtu.be/dsCp2SN8T6o?t=36s[/gv]

By: vikesfansteve

vikesfansteve — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:48:39 +0000

Hrbek fell backwards too. Judgement call. Just like 5 inches outside the plate balls called strikes for years because Maddux & Glavine consistently hit the spot. See 95 World Series vs Indians. I have to agree that Hrbek did yank Gant off the bag. Both teams got out of bases loaded no outs jams. Morris pitching 10 shut out innings. Great game.

By: Tim OShenko

Tim OShenko — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:28:03 +0000

Speaking of which, you may want to look up the spelling for “definately” sometime.

By: hittfamily

hittfamily — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:28:04 +0000

On this blog, it would definately be Token’s superhero character, because he has the power of perfect spelling.

By: The Common Man

The Common Man — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:22:32 +0000

After all, I wouldn’t want to suggest for a moment that 2003 Mets GM Steve Phillips was capable of questionable judgment.

By: The Common Man

The Common Man — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:21:53 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, pilgrim. As I said on my blog, in response to your comment, somehow I got those deals transposed in my head. It has been corrected to reflect both my idiocy and the correct information.

By: bpilgrim11

bpilgrim11 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:48:39 +0000

Except for the fact that the Common Man completely mangles the 2003 deadline. The Mets traded Alomar and Burnitz, not received. So the Mets were not “hilariously” adding pieces despite being awful.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alomaro01.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnije01.shtml

By: royalsfaninfargo

royalsfaninfargo — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:47:58 +0000

Funny think about that Hrbek/Gant “play” in ’91, there are tons of people up here in Twinkie land that insist it was a fair play, including my father-in-law. And then I argue that the umps in the ’85 series were the best ever! Team bias is awesome!

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:39:58 +0000

“…and that Aquaman sucks.”

This got me to thinking, who would win in a fight? Aquaman or Seaman from South Park?

From a Phillies perspective, at the trade deadline, if would be Cliff Lee. Without him, I don’t think we make it to the World Series in 09′.