The Trade may not be officially official just yet, but I’m feeling confident we’re past the point of no return now, because how in the hell could they take it back now, after Taiwan’s Next Media Animation has worked their magic all over Jeffrey Loria’s face?
They can’t! That’s what I say.
Yeah, Scott already had this over at Getting Blanked, but on the off-chance that you didn’t see it, here it is again.
Can someone seriously tell us if the trade has gone into the league?
If so when do we hear more?
Starting to actually get a bad feeling here.
We’d know it by now if it wasn’t getting rubber stamped.
There would be fucking outrage if MLB nixed the deal. Its not like the Marlins got nothing. If the Red Sox can dump salary on the Dodgers, why can’t the Marlins? I guess cause its Loria and the whole baseball stadium angle.
Blair was saying this morning that the delay is likely related to getting physicals done for 12 players, including some who are in the DR.
This:
Jon Heyman@JonHeymanCBS
Selig said to be “not happy” w/ #marlins trade, but so far doesn’t see basis to disallow. Selig’s quote: “under review”
Selig would never come down on his bestest buddy Loria no matter what he does, Selig is forever indebted to that asshole for robbing Montreal.
Can’t see Selig disallowing deal at this point. He could however scale down the deal but thats even unlikely as the Marlins would just deal the player(s) to someone else. If that even were to happen, I think Beeston should demand compensation from MLB.
You’all forget that Beeston used to be the president and COO of MLB.
Selig may not be happy and could nix the deal but you can bet Beeston knows the internal ways of MLB and the rules governing all of this,along with past precedents.
It’s gonna be hard to cancel the deal.
@ RADAR
@ RADAR
In addition, Beeston knows where all of Selig’s dead bodies are buried. So, there is that.
Fuck I miss Disqus.
Bigger concern should be over the physical than the league…
Reading the headline I started freaking out, thought NMA stood for No More Approval or something like that.
Same here. Almost had a heart attack. Phew!
I know!! Me three!
Yeah I almost shit my pants
@JakeMarisnick
Getting Marlins uniform for AFL today #change
This pretty much means/confirms that just the paperwork and physicals are left to do as the trade isn’t going to be nixed
Heard this great song about Loria, the lyrics really work
Loria You’re always on the run now
Runnin’ after somebody
You’ve gotta get him somehow
I think you’ve got to slow down
Before you start to blow it
I think you’re headin’ for a breakdown
So be careful not to show it
You really don’t remember
Was it somethin’ that he said?
All the voices in your head
Calling loria loria
Don’t you think you’re fallin’?
If everybody wants you
Why isn’t anybody callin’?
You don’t have to answer
Leave ‘em hangin’ on the line,
ohh Calling loria
loria (loria)
I think they got your number (loria)
I think they got the alias (loria)
That you’ve been livin’ under (loria)
But you really don’t remember
Was it something that they said?
All the voices in your head
Calling loria
I think The Kinks – Lola does him better justice.
NMAs jumped the shark a long, long time ago, but I did sincerely enjoy seeing the french Mr. Met get clubbed in the head.I guess Youppi isn’t the international sensation I thought he was.
Isn’t that Souki?
Too fucking great, those videos always take a great shot at western culture.
Lots to love in that video… with the exception of the old uniforms. Dammit, Taiwan!
Scott Lewis = The Greatest !!
trade reyes and davis to texas for andrus and cruz
Umm, I would say a big no. AA coveted Reyes last season and now he fucking stole him from Miami.
@texas would never do that deal, Andrus > Reyes and Cruz >>>>>>>> Davis. AA would do that trade in a heartbeat if Jon Daniels had a temporary brain aneurism.
Not that it has to do with Josh Johnson, but his agent Matt Sosnick has broached the idea of Jay Bruce signing an extension 4 years early:
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121115&content_id=40295614&vkey=news_cin&c_id=cin
One would think AA acquired JJ in the hopes of a spring training extension. Well, at least his agent seems into extensions.
So apparently, Selig says the trade is ‘under review’. Is that is way of saying paperwork / medicals is being looked at or is this being ‘reviewed’ in a broader sense?
I too, have a bad feeling about this. After all, it is Selig…
Yup…Dudes, the Yankees and Red Sox Dodgers and all the other owners cant stand to see an upstart like AA run circles around them. Moreover they definitely are not inerested in yet ANOTHER team threatening the Yankees and Red Sox hold on the AL East. Dont forget, they changed the CBA rules to stop him from stockpiling draft picks.
how much you wanna bet the yanks and sox went crying to selig that this deal is unfair
Chinese surfer babes are hot
Post says Selig hasn’t been tabled anything as of Wednesday night. Probably just completing physicals;
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/11/15/marlins-owner-jeffrey-loria-refuses-to-talk-about-blue-jays-trade/
Also, why has it taken a South Asian animation house to point out Loria’s part in destroying Les Expos? Haven’t got a sniff from any North American media outlets.
It’s was also mention in this Sports on Earth article here:
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/40293150/
Sorry for the horrible grammar.
Good thing the grammar police hang out at GB.com and not here. 6 commenters their and they are all cocks….God forbid you use they’re in the wrong context.
Not to be a cock but you just used ‘their’ in the wrong context
Cock! lol
Damn, reply fail! How the hell did my reply end up here? lol
Actually there’s plenty, especially if you read the articles which are torching Loria.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-trade-a-baseball-tragedy-bud-selig-deserves-blame.html
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171248/citizens-arrest-case-putting-jeffrey-loria-behind-bars#
Those are just a couple.
Actually there has been a ton written regarding him and the Expos. Keith Olbermann actually suggests they should pack up the Marlins and send them to Montreal.
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/
Shit…as said by others….must remember to refresh before posting. I kinda hate this format.
I know what you mean Tom. Thanks for the Olbermann link, that’s one I didn’t see before.
@AndySlater
Told by @BNightengale that the current review on the Marlins-Jays trade by Bud Selig is not a normal one.
Who is Andy Slater and why would he know something?
Sports talk radio host in Florida.
Jim Duquette said the same thing when it was announced
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8633691/boston-red-sox-were-wise-avoid-miami-marlins-fire-sale
Sour grapes much Massholes?
I stopped reading here:
“Why would the Red Sox make the slate-cleaning deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers only to bring in lesser talent on bad contracts?”
I lol’d.
But what about:
“For all his durability, Buehrle hasn’t received a Cy Young vote since 2005.”
And John Lackey hasn’t had any since 2007
My whole world is going to stop for Jays/Red Sox games in ’13. I want them fucking humiliated over and over and over.
Bad deal according to the geniuses at SOSH
http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/75163-blue-jays-to-acquire-josh-johnson-mark-buehrle-and-jose-reyes/
Well, I have a couple days off so later I think I’m going to start trolling Red Sox sites with a bottle of rum and a smile.
Yo Ho Ho, matey!
Swab the decks with them!
There…..my SOSH screen name is fenwaypirate, looking forward to some good baseball talk. I think my first topic will be ” The Red Sox and being a small market franchise”
Rather vindictive of you Tom.
Slide over, I want to be right there with you.
Any truth that John Henry is having money problems? With his football club and his investment empire?
The Red Sox might have ulterior reasons for dumping all of that salary in the Dodgers trade.
@EricFisherSBJ
Selig:”I’m going to be usual painstaking, careful slow self” re reviewing megatrade
@EricFisherSBJ
Selig on whether he thinks Fla will try to reopen #Marlins stadium deal; “time will tell.”
Awesome Vid.
meh
The “review” is just posturing for local government in Tampa, Oakland and any other team looking for a publicly-funded stadium in the near future. Doubt Selig nukes the trade.
Fucking American politics. You gotta love it.
Exactly what I’m thinking.
Selig appeases the masses into thinking he is reviewing it, but there’s no way he nixes this deal.
Just wish they’d get this deal official. Can’t help but feeling there’s more to happen. I don’t think AA is done even if it means flipping one of the new players. AA can’t drop the other shoe until this deal is official.
The Marlins claimed Maine from the Jays yesterday. That was the other shoe.
Sigh. They didn’t even mention Toronto or Blue Jays.
In Taiwan, they never translated the team Blue Jays properly.
They’re called Blue Birds (藍鳥). While there is a proper term for Blue Jay is (藍堅). When they started to cover MLB in the late 80′s into early 90′s the term stuck and never changed.
Blue Birds, I like it! Toronto? Never heard of it!
That video pretty much sums it up. Loria is a bum.
See the Lakers D’Antoni video here!
http://pregamesheiza.wordpress.com/
The best part of that Next Media video was Loria beaning the Expos mascot and then dragging his body acoss the border. If it they had used Youpi, it would have been perfect.
Oh, and the second-best part was the bikini-clad at the end. Lived in Taipei for a while and Taiwanese girls are hot!