Repost: LMillz was overhyped

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 5/8/2008 from theropolitans.com [flag]

On this well placed off-day (I'm writing a final paper on Catch-22 and "national community.") I dug up an old post of mine and will repost it below. Here's my reaction after the Lastings Milledge for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider trade, originally posted December 1, 2007... [link]

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