Stark deadline recap

[Mr. Showtime]

haha, Stark had some fun with what was a crappy day for all involved.

 

No big deals this year

 

Here's just a few of the things that made me laugh.

 

Five stinking deals on Deadline Day. Five.

 

And one of them was a guy who'd just been designated for assignment by the Yankees (Buddy Groom) -- meaning he either had to be traded, deported or mugged on the No. 4 train.

 

"Most anticlimactic thing I've ever been a part of," grumbled an executive of one contender.

 

"Ridiculous," moaned another contender's assistant GM.

 

"What a waste of a lot of people's time," muttered an official of yet another club.

 

Four deals. Four. Incredible. Want to know what happened? Here's what:

 

• Way too little supply and way too much demand.

 

• A crummy free-agent class on the horizon that produced almost no decent rent-a-players.

 

• Two dozen teams that apparently thought of themselves as still being in some kind of race.

 

• And a group of non-contenders that apparently thought the definition of "seller's market" was: Give us your wallet, your watch, your ATM card, your 401K and your entire Baseball America Top 10 Prospect List.

[UofIChiSox]

My theory on this is that Peter Gammons not only reports first on all of the deals, but is actually the mastermind behind them all. Since he was in Cooperstown, not orchestrating the deadline deals, very little went down.. Gammons rules the baseball world.

[Gene Honda Civic]

My theory on this is that Peter Gammons not only reports first on all of the deals, but is actually the mastermind behind them all.  Since he was in Cooperstown, not orchestrating the deadline deals, very little went down..  Gammons rules the baseball world.

I'm so using that one