Guess the poster!!!!

Gnork venit, vidit, et dixit:
> "Bob-Nob" <bobno....TakeThisOut@SPaMol.com> wrote:

<snip>

>> Of course, if we really want to amuse ourselves...

>> An "anonymous" fan's trade proposal (posted February 8, 2007)
>> along with some of their more relevant numbers...

>> Beckett (130 ERA+ as starter)
>> Tavarez (102 ERA+ as starter)
>> Lopez or Romero -- Washington's choice (Lopez has 130 ERA+)
>> Edgar Martinez (3.79 ERA in AAA)
>> Crisp (86 OPS+)
>> Lowell (130 OPS+)
>> Pena (68 OPS+)

>> for

>> Nick Johnson (has been injured all year)
>> Chad Cordero (144 ERA+ as closer)
>> Ryan Church (102 OPS+)

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> 1. You can't trade guys on the DL
> 2. Johnson could not have passed the physical

1. I believe Johnson was not on the DL at the time the
trade was suggested, though I may be wrong about that.

2. This is probably true, whether or not the previous
line was true. (And the more I think about it, if you
were to select a random day from the professional career
of Nick Johnson, including both time in the minors and
majors, the odds might be fairly decent that he would
not pass a physical. He's a good player when healthy,
but he's had a lot of bad luck with injuries).

> Therefore that trade would never have happened.

I suggest you take that up with the original "anonymous"
poster then.

Catch you later.
--Robert Machemer

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"Bob-Nob" <bobnob15 RemoveThis @SPaMol.com> wrote in message
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> Gnork venit, vidit, et dixit:
> > "Bob-Nob" <bobno... RemoveThis @SPaMol.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >> Of course, if we really want to amuse ourselves...
>
> >> An "anonymous" fan's trade proposal (posted February 8, 2007)
> >> along with some of their more relevant numbers...
>
> >> Beckett (130 ERA+ as starter)
> >> Tavarez (102 ERA+ as starter)
> >> Lopez or Romero -- Washington's choice (Lopez has 130 ERA+)
> >> Edgar Martinez (3.79 ERA in AAA)
> >> Crisp (86 OPS+)
> >> Lowell (130 OPS+)
> >> Pena (68 OPS+)
>
> >> for
>
> >> Nick Johnson (has been injured all year)
> >> Chad Cordero (144 ERA+ as closer)
> >> Ryan Church (102 OPS+)
>
> <snip>
>
> > 1. You can't trade guys on the DL
> > 2. Johnson could not have passed the physical
>
> 1. I believe Johnson was not on the DL at the time the
> trade was suggested, though I may be wrong about that.
>
> 2. This is probably true, whether or not the previous
> line was true. (And the more I think about it, if you
> were to select a random day from the professional career
> of Nick Johnson, including both time in the minors and
> majors, the odds might be fairly decent that he would
> not pass a physical. He's a good player when healthy,
> but he's had a lot of bad luck with injuries).
>
> > Therefore that trade would never have happened.
>
> I suggest you take that up with the original "anonymous"
> poster then.

There is no DL in the winter so you are right about that. There are doctors
ready to give physicals. Johnson broke his leg late in the 2006 season. Who
knew it would be so severe he still isn't playing? He definitely would not
have passed a physical and I'm sure the Nats would have volunteered that
info beforehand.