This Day in LSB History

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 30, 2011 12:00 PM CST

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: Andrew Strauss, England cricket captain, poses by a zebra in front of the Lords pavillion on the day the ECB announced Investec as the new title sponsor of Test Match cricket at Lord's Cricket Ground on November 24, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Four years ago today, Z was covering the blog in my absence, and did a post about the pros and cons of trading for Johan Santana, who was being shopped by the Minnesota Twins and who the Rangers reportedly had interest in.

And there was much discussion in the comments about it (almost 100 posts, which was a lot for back then).

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funny reading these comments..

ironic seeing how everyone was so high on some of our top prospects that didn’t pan out and how high they were on Santana, Mauer and Morneau, who all were very successful players at the time.

by kchorton on Nov 30, 2011 12:09 PM CST reply actions

Every time I read one of these old posts...

And see things talking about how good Hurley, Volquez and BMac will be… (and Salty for that matter)

It reminds me that prospects don’t work out a lot.

Or… to steal from Parks… Prospects Break Your Heart.

"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver

by Brad on Nov 30, 2011 12:27 PM CST reply actions

I don't remember this

that was funny…
Brett Gardner broke my heart…
by Brian Thomas on Dec 2, 2007 3:28 PM CST

by sprite on Nov 30, 2011 12:36 PM CST reply actions

I don't remember that one

I do remember one that said Brett Gardner is big; we are little.

That was back when he first showed up, pretending to be a lawyer, picking fights and calling everybody idiots.

As opposed to after he’d been here a while, when he was studying to be a lawyer, picking fights, and calling everybody idiots.

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Adam J Morris, halfassedly pretending to be interested in my thoughts, goals, and overall self esteem since late 2005.

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by Brian Thomas on Nov 30, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions