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Bedard trade underscores effort to get better now
HOW TO DESCRIBE the Mariners' prolonged tango with the Orioles over Erik Bedard? A slog? A game of high-stakes chicken? An expensive wedding where one participant nervously awaited a partner racked by second thoughts? It's moot now. A Friday news conference formerly pronounced Bedard and the Mariners Ace and Team, and no one dithered when asked if the expected offspring is a playoff berth in ...
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Baseball Digest Daily — ... - Once again, Baseball Digest Daily was the first to publish (and send notice by email) about Erik Bedard trade, another reason for you to subscribe to our free newsletter, in order to keep up to our daily content, breaking news and more. Just go on the home page (upper-right corner) and enter your email address. Reactions to the trade: Ted Miller says the trade clearly puts the team in a win-now mode . "HOW TO DESCRIBE the Mariners' prolonged tango with the Orioles over Erik Bedard? A slog? A game of high-stakes chicken? An expensive wedding where one participant nervously ...

Bedard: The Day After; The Rundown & the Blogosphere...
Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond — ... , especially in giving up Bedard; however, this move is about the future and not the here and now. Obviously, the Mariners needed to get Bedard to compete in a tough AL West with the Angels. ...

Bedard: The Day After…
Baltimore Orioles — ... , especially in giving up Bedard; however, this move is about the future and not the here and now. Obviously, the Mariners needed to get Bedard to compete in a tough AL West with the Angels. A lot of people have argued with me about the merits of trading an ace, but the bottom line is that the Orioles were not going to contend anytime soon and you have to maximize your return from a commodity. However, for the most part, ...

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