The 2008 Trade Deadline Changed MLB Forever

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  @thatgingermatt · 2 years ago

  Babe wake up. New Jubilant Kumquat video just dropped

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• WA

  @WASTERKY · 2 years ago

  "Criminally underrated Carlos Delgado"  My favorite line in the video.

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• TH

  @thegamingpigeon3216 · 2 years ago (edited)

  And the crazy thing about those CC starts on 3 days rest? The manager didn&apos;t ask him to do it. The other players didn&apos;t ask him to do it. His agents sure as hell didn&apos;t ask him to do it. He asked the manager if he could. As a Brewers fan, that man quite literally carried us into the postseason singlehandedly.<br><br>Also fun fact: that comp pick the Angels got from the Yankees? It was originally supposed to go to the Brewers, however as Teixeria was the only type A free agent ranked higher than Sabathia, it went to the Angels instead. Both former Brewers gm Doug Melvin and assistant gm Gord Ash have since said that Mike Trout was very high on their list and had they had they had the 25th pick, they would&apos;ve taken Trout if here were available.

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• NA

  @NandoA130 · 2 years ago

  Everyone rips on the Dodgers these days for buying up players and being &quot;Yankees west&quot; but people forget that during the 90s and up to 2008, the Dodgers only had 2 wild cards in 96 and 06 and 2 division titles in 95 and 04 and were constantly buying past their prime veterans. That trade for Manny in 08 was the first time in my life I felt like the team was actually trying to win the World Series

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• QW

  @Qwerkybsbl · 2 years ago

  Happy grape ❌<br>Sad apple ✅

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• J6

  @j60k · 2 years ago

  The Power Pros music is so fitting for this video. Brings back memories of playing with these guys in that game

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• WA

  @washboy154 · 2 years ago

  Love Joe Blaton. Cluch homers and all. If memory serves, that 4 aces SI cover wasn’t supposed to have Blanton on it, but Halladay &amp; co. refused to do it without him.

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• ME

  @melodymelos · 2 years ago

  &quot;Criminally underrated Carlos Delgado&quot; &lt;---among the truest of all baseball words

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• ST

  @StarkRavingSports · 2 years ago

  Mannywood &gt;

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• PR

  @PrazMaster · 2 years ago

  The Rich Harden trade could’ve been so much better for the Cubs if Lou Piniella had started him in Game 1 against the Dodgers in 2008 when he literally had the most rest of any Cubs starting pitcher going into the playoffs. Instead, he started Ryan Dempster, who went on to walk 7 Dodgers hitters, allow a grand slam to James Fucking Loney, and couldn’t make it through 5 innings after being one of the best starting pitchers in baseball during the regular season. Also, while it did suck seeing Josh Donaldson turn into a borderline HOFer, the Cubs did feel like they were dealing from a position of strength at that time. Donaldson was still a catcher at that time and the Cubs catcher that season, Geovany Soto, was the NL Rookie of the Year. Sadly, he was never the same player as he was in 2008 beyond 2008.

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• TK

  @TKainZero · 2 years ago

  They absolute madness of Mannywood is hard to put into words. <br><br>Was hoping for part II of that this year with Randywood.

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• BK

  @BKF0 · 2 years ago

  Since it wasn&apos;t mentioned in the video (because it&apos;s not really relevant lol), in 2008, CC Sabathia separately led both the AL and the NL in complete games -- he&apos;s bolded on both rows of his BBRef page. &nbsp;I&apos;m not sure how many players have led both leagues in any stat, let alone CGs.

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