MNSoxChief102

I'm fine... just venting a bit.

If this ends up being Harden just not wanting to pitch for us for whatever reason, he's going to look like a pussy ass piece of s***. f*** him if that's the case. He has a chance to pitch when it actually f***ing matters, in front of fans that actually give a s***... something Oakland isn't likely to have in his lifetime. Maybe he likes pitching in front of 15,000 people who had nothing better to do every night. I don't know. Either way, I'm kind of glad the deal fell through. Don't want guys that can't hack it in the spotlight.

f***. f***. And more f***.

Me too. Just don't understand why Beane would tell him he was pitching Tuesday night if a trade was going through. Even if it was to another team, you'd think he'd tell Harden what was going on. And just as I was starting to get excited about this deal... f***... why the hell can't a trade just be simple? Seriously... it's not like this is rocket science... it's a trade involving a pitcher made of glass that can strike out people like nobody's business for a player who struggles with AAA pitching and never had a shot to make it here. Should be a done deal.

Okay, so apparently I missed something, because the Harden deal still isn't for real yet... either that or someone forgot to tell Harden what's up

Looks like the Angry Birds are close to dealing Lee and cash to the Pirates for a low level player.

Forgot Anderson is originally from NorCal. Went to high school in Sacramento. Should be happy he's headed home, not to mention that he'll have a real shot at playing out there.

http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2011/7/30/2306481/rich-harden-bolsters-red-sox-rotation-while-not-costing-much-of The Boston Red Sox may have silently pulled off the best deal of the MLB trade deadline, unless the player to be named later is significant. That’s because the pieces of the trade between the Red Sox and Athletics is one-sided with what we know now. In the reported deal, the A’s are sending Rich Harden to the Red Sox for minor league 1B Lars Anderson. On the surface, Anderson seems a good catch. He’s been among Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects the last three seasons. He was No. 87 coming into the 2010 season, but he’s been lackluster both in 2010 and 2011 at the AAA level. Certainly he’s put up serviceable numbers with .261/.362/.420 line this year that’s nearly identical to last year, but it’s not a cornerstone first baseman like you’d expect. With almost 1,000 at bats at the AAA level, it’s clear that Anderson is not the bright future first baseman that everyone believed him to be back in 2009. And now that Adrian Gonzalez is firmly established as the BoSox cornerstone player, Anderson simply has no place to go in Boston. So in essence, Theo Epstein flipped a player he couldn’t use anyway for a guy who is one of the best strikeout pitchers in baseball — health issues or not. The Red Sox just acquired a dangerous arm for their postseason rotation in exchange for some AAA fare once celebrated. That’s an incredible trade any way you slice it, so here’s believing the A’s are getting something substantive later on with this one. For now, it’s an absolute steal.

Survey says.... YES

Considering who he'll be replacing (Miller et al), I'll take it.

http://twitter.com/#!/GordonEdes/status/97482003779301377 "Sox official confirms Harden headed to Red Sox for Lars Anderson., PTBNL"

Sounds about right to me.

http://twitter.com/#!/susanslusser/status/97474620235579392

May be a done deal for real now... Jimenez is getting hugs instead of fist bumps in the dugout

"Hearing that as final piece of trade, Guardians have agreed to make mini license plate that reads "UBALDO." Nice touch." http://twitter.com/#!/Ledger_Yankees/status/97472160062377984

This is awesome http://twitter.com/#!/PeteAbe/status/97472362290749440

No s***. Plus Ludwick just bagged 2 RBIs in that game while he's on his way out as well. Weird is an understatement.

In other news, Yankees send the Killer B's (Betances, Banuelos) to Rockies for Jason Giambi and a Tim Tebow autographed jock strap

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