I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS: The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired Starting Pitcher Francisco Liriano,  outfielder Harold Ramirez & catcher Reese McGuire from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Drew Hutchison. I am not going to say I told you that Reese McGuire may be traded to another team. But, to steal a line from sportscaster-turned-political analyst-turned-sportscaster Keith Olbermann: I TOLD YOU BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ME!!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME???

But seriously, how stupid are the Pirates? I said that Reese McGuire would be the 2nd coming of Jason Varitek back in my very first entry on this blog. But I do understand that Francisco Liriano has had a terrible season [a 5.46 Earned Run Average] this year & the Pirates wanted to get Liriano's salary off their books, but the Pirates, realistically, have NO SHOT at making the playoffs, unless the Cubs' Billy Goat Curse shows up & the Cubs lose 20 consecutive games AND the St. Louis Cardinals lose 10 consecutive games. There is NOTHING to gain in trading Reese McGuire. In three years, when the Blue Jays have McGuire behind the plate as their starting catcher & is their team captain [like Jason Varitek was to the Boston Red Sox], the Pirates will look like idiots for trading him for a mediocre pitcher [like the Mariners did back in 1997 when they traded Varitek for Heathcliff Slocumb!] & will be thinking what might have been...

Reese McGuire