{"id":311,"date":"2020-03-24T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T01:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usba14.us\/?p=311"},"modified":"2021-12-02T13:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:25:29","slug":"the-honorary-scooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usba14.us\/index.php\/2020\/03\/24\/the-honorary-scooter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Honorary Scooter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/usba14.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Image-from-iOS-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"313\" class=\"wp-image-313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usba14.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Image-from-iOS.jpg 737w, https:\/\/usba14.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Image-from-iOS-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/usba14.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Image-from-iOS-660x917.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> The news <br> Just came in<br> From the Holly of Wood <br> That a very loud GM<br> Has made a trade of a dude<br> The trade wasn&#8217;t very big<br> But it is setting the mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> This may not seem <br> Very important, I know.<br> But it is.  So I&#8217;m bothering<br> Tell you so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"> A trade is quite catching, you see.  Like a cough.<br> It just takes one trade to start other trades off.<br> NOW the news has come in that some GMs not of the &#8216;woods<br> Are trading a bunch of their stuff for dudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p> At this moment, right now,<br> On seven more blocks,<br> Great trades are in the works. <br> They&#8217;re working so hard they haven&#8217;t changed their socks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> That trade of that one little team is still spreading!<br> According to latest reports, it is heading<br> Across baseball fields, through sleepy night air,<br> Across the whole country toward every-which-where.<br> And people are gradually starting to say,<br> &#8220;Oh crud, I need something and I need it today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Trade thoughts<br> Are spreading<br> Throughout the whole land.<br> The time for night trade of free agents is at hand.<br> Up at San Mateo offices, where great Dean watches<br> And calculates and moves in coordinated marches,<br> the soon to be free players pack up their stuff(es)?<br> That Dean is just grand for trading at the clock<br> If you happen to be up that way with your block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The news just came in from teams still in the Cup<br> That the lights are still on and waiting for deals to turn up.<br> The old dealmaker makers just said with a yawn,<br> &#8220;My deals are for making and they&#8217;re going to get made<br> &#8216;Til the :robot: shuts it all down and ends this charade.<br> I can&#8217;t go to bed now.  So somebody better<br> Come round with a pitcher of considerable stature.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The number<br> Of traders<br> Is steadily growing.<br> Fort Worth is where<br> More and more people are going.<br> In Montana Springs, in the Old-Fogey&#8217;s Hall,<br> The Old-Fogey&#8217;s bats are all lined up on the wall.<br> The Panda&#8217;s Old-Fogey&#8217;s have called it a day.<br> They&#8217;re all packed up and ready to move on they say.<br> This is very big news.  It&#8217;s important to know.<br> And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m bothering telling you so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Counting up trades ..?<br> Just how do we do it ..?<br> Really quite simple.  There&#8217;s nothing much to it.<br> We find out how many, we learn the amount<br> By an Audio-Telly-o-Tally-o Count.<br> In a Slack channel, halfway between Reno and Rome,<br> We have a machine with a plexiglass dome<br> Which listens and looks into everyone&#8217;s home.<br> And whenever it sees a new trade pop up,<br> It writes it down with nary a hiccup.<br> Our commisioner counts these trades as he sips on his cup.<br> And that&#8217;s how we know who is down and who is up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It&#8217;s a great night for hot takes! I just had a report<br> Of some boys who are tops in this cringeworthy sport.<br> The purveyor of hottest takes in all the fair land<br> Is @Kerry-Suckhead and his hot take of the day band.<br> This band can spit takes that are so far up river<br> So terrible they would make forty elephants shiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The news has come in from the Bay of Thunder<br> That Vidro is not available, in case you wonder.<br> And how is he able to make such a statement?<br> I tell you.  I inquired last week and I found<br> That Vidro just sign a 6 year extension with player option to end it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I&#8217;m running on fumes, so I&#8217;ll wrap this thing up.<br> Walt Coffman is coming back home to makeup.<br> Manoo to Vancouver is really fun to say,<br> As Mississippi unloaded a fair amount today.<br> Champ may be on the move to a new team soon<br> And now everyone is hoping their boys are immune<br> To the ravages and savages of August and Sepetember<br> For when they collapse Davey will help you remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;You&#8217;re doing great, Chros, really.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news Just came in From the Holly of Wood That a very loud GM Has made a trade of a dude The trade wasn&#8217;t very big But it is setting the mood. This may not seem Very important, I know. But it is. So I&#8217;m bothering Tell you so. 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