A new mantra for Cap'n Leatherpants: discretion is the better part of valor:
According to one industry source, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry narrowed his focus for a Corey Patterson trade to the Orioles and Washington Nationals. The Nationals, however, refused to include left-handed reliever Bill Bray, while also picking up Patterson's full salary. Patterson, who made $2.8 million last year, is entering his second year of arbitration and is under the Orioles' control through 2007. -- Baltimore Sun
Thanks, SI---I mean, Baltimore Sun!
There are certain players and properties you can relinquish for the right to acquire a guy coming off a .254 on-base percentage season:
- C-grade prospects
- D-grade prospects
- shares in HealthSouth
- a burnt-out shack
- Hugh Downs' prostate
Good boy, Bodes. We might not be respectful or fair in the Natosphere, buddy, but we recognize non-stupidity.