Another amazing trade offer

[dharmabums]

He worked out pretty well in this franchise theme league. Won the Cy Young award (with Clemens finishing second) for the league. It was a fun experiment to try Pedro out using him only in relief roles. The team just lost in the semifinals.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/playoffs/team.html?stats=sim

[Salty]

[quote:b4e668a927="Valen"]Having finally realized these threads are not invitations for discussion I do what is expected.

Here is my rubber stamp of approval. :lol:[/quote:b4e668a927]

Really?
Can you think of some circumstances where this might be a good trade?
(Im sure there might be- but generally speaking Pedro gives you a lot of choices because there are multiple good cards to choose from)

Thats a point for discussion if you can find it, and it makes sense.
What I mean by makes sense, is that we are not talking about something out of the ordinary like a micro or theme league.

[Valen]

I did not say it was a good trade salt. I even gave it my rubber stamp of approval. Not enough? Ok, worse trade offer in history. The sender should be shot before a firing squad. :lol:

[bkeat23]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOiSdQldrmc[/url]

The Secret Carlos Santana Chord Progression.

[TRW]

I really do not see why this is a big deal. Reject the trade, tell the guy Pedro is unavailable or make a counter-offer.

:idea:

[danielz]

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Alomar, Roberto (2001)

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[216 Stitches]

[quote:5e4a9a6753="Valen"] The sender should be shot before a firing squad. :lol:[/quote:5e4a9a6753]

I am pretty sure Bernie said we are NOT allowed to do this. :wink:

Well, maybe if you are firing spit balls.

Or maybe really slow change-ups.

[nevdully's]

[quote:9532c3cee3]I even gave it my rubber stamp of approval. Not enough? Ok, worse trade offer in history. The sender should be shot before a firing squad. Laughing[/quote:9532c3cee3]

Please stop flaming saltman. :lol:

[The Last Druid]

Okay it's not a big deal, it's a petty annoyance, sort of like a fly buzzing around your soup in a restaurant. But if every time you go to the restaurant you have to deal with a fly buzzing around your food, you probably won't keep going back to that restaurant.

The part that really bothers me is that I construe trade offers of this ilk as reflecting a zero sum game mindset / approach to an activity that I believe, by definition, implies a mutuality, a benefit that both parties achieve by cooperating with each other.

To me, such offers are offensive precisely because they go against --violate, if you will -- the spirit of cooperation that trades should be based on. We live in a society that is based on exploitation of people, resources etc. I like to think that in our personal interactions we need not engage in purposefully exploitative behavior, i.e. don't deliberately try to screw others.

Offers such as the one that occasioned this thread seem to me to be purely selfish, no regard for the needs of the other guy. When I make a trade offer , unless it is to make a point to someone like Merm, I always try to offer something that I think will create value for both managers.

Having reflected some more on the matter, I do think that offers like this are a big deal, at least in terms of what it says about where the sender of the trade is coming from and what it implies about how we treat others and how we see the world.

[nevdully's]

Damn that's exactly how I think and feel on this stuff. Always have, just too impatient and lazy to be so expertly constructive about it.






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