Gammo on Winter Meetings:
http://www.gammonsdaily.com/peter-gammons-winter-meetings-over-holiday-shopping-continues/.
"So word would leak about Fernandez. Team X, Y or Z would be mentioned.
Mike Hill would then offer the antiphonal response, “we are not shopping Jose Fernandez.”
One Dodger official said, “if we gave them what they wanted, we wouldn’t have one young pitcher left in our organization,” and they moved on. Before the Diamondbacks made the
Shelby Miller deal, they talked to the Marlins about Fernandez, and were told they’d have to trade five of their best young pitchers and third baseman
Brandon Drury for three years of Fernandez. Nyet.
“We thought we might be able to piece something together with the Red Sox,” said a Marlins official. “With ERod (
Eduardo Rodriguez),
Mookie Betts,
Christian Vazquez,
Yoan Moncadaand another pitcher I thought we had something that might work.” Why not?"
Dear Florida Marlins -
Fuck You.
Fuck you and your shitty cocaine line of a franchise. Fuck your owner who was probably a slaveholder in a previous life and your Elfin Human Lie of a president.
Fuck you for wasting the primes of two of the most talented and exciting players in the game. Fuck you for screwing the taxpayers so badly that even Miami was forced to notice the overpowering stench almost immediately. Fuck Marlin Man.
I kind of like that you took a chance with the stadium design but what you signed off on is so heinous it's a daily reminder of how bad your judgement is.
You are everything that is wrong with modern capitalism. If you had any dignity you would contact yourselves and go away, leaving only the vague memory of a failed experiment.
p.s. Keep your grubby mitts of our players who you can't afford anyway.