Well this is turning into quite the horserace. What started out with the DoorMatts using the first half of the season like Secretariat at the Belmont Stakes (quick sidenote – Secretariat the movie is coming out this summer with my all-time fantasy girlfriend, Diane Lane. Yeah she plays an old woman in the movie, but it’s Diane Lane!!) has turned into a neck and neck (and neck) Affirmed/Alydar classic, not to mention another neck, the Red Hots moving up on the outside!
First of all, BIG TIME MONROE DOCTRINE KUDOS to all four leaders for making deals that involved major leaguers for major leaguers (with minor leaguers and picks thrown in). Certainly there could have been opportunities to make lopsided Major Leaguers for A Ball minor leaguers and/or rotation picks, but none of that crap has happened.
The Red Hots have been busiest making five trades this season. The Ruffins and Clowns each have made four deals (the Clowns turning over 25 percent of their roster in those four deals).
Interestingly the Clowns have traded with both the Ruffins and Hots, proving that deals can be made with anyone, not just the cellar dwellers, as long as the trade helps both teams.
With eleven shopping days left until the Trade Deadline, it will be interesting to see what magic any or all four can produce, especially the DoorMatts who held a 12-14 point lead for much of the first half on the heels of a pennant race last year that literally came down to the final minutes of the 2009 season. It’s not often a CFCL team has a chance to win it two years in a row and the DoorMatts came thisclose to pulling it off last year. A couple of shrewd deals could allow the Matts to pull away once again.
With no egregious dump trades taking place and so little time left in the Trading Season, we have an opportunity to see an amazing race take place. Four teams are within eight points of each other for the title.
Thank you gentlemen, for your aggressiveness in seeking out trades and your integrity in making the trades equitable for both teams. This is what the CFCL has been about for 27 years. Now we just have to see who reaches the barn first.
**** Monroe Doctrine Disclaimer - This entry (specifically paragraph #2) was written before the trades of 7/21/10 *****
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