The Official Site of Major League Baseball
In these days of java beans and active server pages and whatever other server supplied madness you are delivered (and I know that almost all of these godforesaken innovations actually benefit the reader), I don’t know if this link will tell you that Cliff Floyd is now a Boston Red Sox.
But apparently he is, though the news right now is only posted at mlb.com and not at ESPN.com or Sporsline.
I will only say that the excitement with which I viewed the Expos trying to win the pennant is now dashed by their abandonment of the cause. Not because they have any realistic chance of competing, but because there is no longer any reason for them to protect any player they have.
Colon is as good as gone, but why not Vlad, Vidro and Cabrera, too. Heck, even Brad Wilkerson has to be coveted these days, as do Javier Vazquez, Tomo Ohka, Scott Stewart and TJ Tucker.
Now that the cat’s out of the bag, and I don’t mean Galarraga, why should this sad little franchise maintain any notion of self respect. In fact, management (AKA MLB) should auction off all valuable players now, when they are most valuable, in the midst of a pennant race.
Cynics may note that a potential strike undermines the value of these “free” agents, but don’t let those naysayers question the enthusiasm of the owners, who seem to mean it when they say that a solution is within site.
Not.
As Montreal sells off it’s future the game of baseball, MLB style, dies.
Amen.