Take Me Out to ... The Winter Meetings In Vegas, Baby, Vegas
JOE POSNANSKI
December 22, 2008
Baseball's annual swap meet was a mere sideshow to the circus of showgirls, rodeo, slots and neon kitsch, but it ultimately delivered a $161 million jackpot, a 4 a.m. free-agent signing and a 12-player—12!—trade. (Plus the usual frenzy of rumors, half-truths, outright lies and the stem-winding stories from the old baseball men)
SA: Yeah. What you hearing?
BW: Maybe Arizona.
SA: Yeah, I heard something.
BW: You think?
SA: I don't know.
BW: Depends on the third guy.
SA: I didn't know there was a third guy.
BW: Yeah.
SA: Well, a third guy—that could be interesting.
BW: Oakland could get in too.