WTF is this crap??!?!?!?

[Faceman]

Originally posted by JimmyBlueEyes
I read this column in the Post today about a Piazza/A-Rod trade. FUCK THAT!!! The Mets would lose in that deal, and we already got a decent shortstop in Reyes and would lose more money. Let Piazza catch till he breaks Fisks record, then bounce him between first and the plate. It is obvious his defense has declined as a catcher and maybe he could be a halfway decent first baseman, when giving Philips a day off and Wilson behind the plate. But that's just my thinking.

If you could get A-Rod for Piazza straight up you would be a fucking fool not to take it. A-Rod is hands down the best player in baseball and his numbers dwarf Piazza's, as well as most other players, on a yearly basis. Add that in to the fact that he doesn't get hurt and you have an every year MVP candiditate. Then you can take Reyes and trade him for what you really need, top-flight pitching

[JimmyBlueEyes]

I guess I am looking at it in an economic sense. I don't see them being too eager to take on a what, 20 million plus salary?? Trade for pitching absolutely.

[Hasegawa]

That would only make sense...just wait until they go for Tejada. Shit, they've stripped the A's of enough people already!