Off Topic: CC was EZ for the Brewers

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 7/8/2008 from theropolitans.com [flag]

The Brewers trade for CC Sabathia took, by my guesstimates, well under five days to start and end. Mets fans, on the other hand, had to wade through months and months of speculation and non-news before the team finally landed Johan Santana. If only it was that easy, right? [link]

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