baltimoresun.com - 2/9/2008
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On The Bedard Trade Move needed for rebuilding MacPhail's bold steps could lift O's Peter Schmuck February 9, 2008 Everybody knows what's going to happen next. Erik Bedard is going to win 22 games and the Seattle Mariners are going to be in the playoff hunt all year, and every week or so this season somebody is going to say or write how stupid the Orioles were for trading away their best ...
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Baseball Digest Daily —
... said. "That's probably the most significant aspect of this deal." It has to be. The Mariners dispatched their top prospect, outfielder Adam Jones, as well as productive left-handed reliever George Sherrill and three not inconsequential minor league prospects to get Bedard. Apparently, all these names were on a table in mid-December, but Bavasi said the devil -- as in the details -- made the process as slow as a narcoleptic reading "Moby-Dick." Peter Schmuck thinks it was a move that the organization really needed in order to rebuild : "The Bedard deal has to be viewed through ...
Bedard: The Day After; The Rundown & the Blogosphere...
Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond —
... give their spin, as does the Seattle Times, & Larry Stone of the Times details how the deal got done. Oriole Central, Camden Chat & Orioles Hangout give us more details on the move. HRB of Dempsey's Army, Jon Wilt of Orioles Hangout, and James Baker of Oriole Magic go over the players the team received in the deal. The Sun's Roch Kubatko analyzes the deal; Peter Schmuck believes the move was needed, as most realize.
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The long-awaited trade of Orioles ace left-hander Erik Bedard to the Mariners became official, with Baltimore receiving center fielder Adam Jones, lefty reliever George Sherrill and three pitching prospects in return.
