How Sandwiches Ruined July

• studes

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  Some good points, but I think the analysis needs to be taken further.  In particular, a more complete list of traded prospects and sandwich picks would help, with an analysis that goes beyond the eyeball.

  Posted 7/25/2007 [reply] [flag]

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SAINT ANDREW'S NET: GENTLEMAN'S AILMENT!
Published 7/24/2007 at With Leather
... Bugs & Cranks explain how sandwiches ruined July.  "Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment." "Are you going to eat it?" ...

Links to Go
Published 7/24/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
Bugs & Cranks takes a look at how sandwich picks ruin July . Vegas Watch ...

Trading Deadline: The End Of July Ain't What It Used To Be
Published 7/24/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... The names bantered about are mostly middling; Adam Dunn, Jermaine Dye, Tadahito Iguchi, maybe Jason Isringhausen ... nothing all that life-changing. We remember working at The Sporting News in 1998, when the deadline was at midnight, and all us Web people had to stay up all night waiting for the big trade to go down. (It did: Randy Johnson went to the Astros.) But that doesn't happen so often anymore. Some blame sandwich picks, which makes sense. We still blame the Nomar Garciaparra trade to the Cubs. That turned out the exact opposite of how we thought it would, and it took a lot of the air out of our bubble. And now look at Nomar; dude can barely walk. ...

Odds And Ends
Published 7/25/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Bugs and Cranks has a well written post about how sandwich picks are ruining the trade deadline.  However, I respectfully disagree.  The trade deadline rules.  It rules now and it always has ruled.  If you are the type of person who enjoys this site, you will find the trade deadline fun no matter how few big names change teams.  Rumors fly with reckless abandon.  Players you never thought available are suddenly in play, however unlikely.  Misinformation is spread like wildfire.  Is a trade deadline really judged on the biggest names to change hands, or is it just the thrill of the chase?  I vote for the latter.  I will be writing nonstop here on July 30 and 31, and trust me, it'll be great. ...

Throwing it around
Published 7/25/2007 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... How sandwiches ruined july and the trade deadline. (Bugs and Cranks) ...

Mmm...sandwiches
Published 7/25/2007 by Tao of Stieb at The Tao of Stieb
... ) for his outstanding piece on how sandwich picks (the "compensatory" round of draft picks between the first and second rounds) are leading to quieter trade deadlines. ...

Linebrink Deal Sets Value for Pirate Arms on Market
Published 7/26/2007 by Cory Humes at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
... , even though they’ll receive two picks in next June’s draft to replenish the farm should Linebrink leave via free agency. It was a hefty pricetag for sure. ...