Welcome back to the NL East Ryan Langerhans. It's been a while since we've seen a double backstabbing.
The Oakland Athletics traded Langy to the Washington Nationals. The Nats, apparently, have coveted thy neighbor's outfielder for sometime, but the Bravos didn't want to trade him within the division. In exchange for Langy, the A's got Chris Snelling, who came to the Nats in a December trade with the Seattle Mariners....and what division are the M's in? Yup, the AL West.
This is certainly not substantiated, but all evidence points to some backdoor deal between Billy Beane (Oakland GM) and Jim Bowden (Washington GM).
The San Franciso Chronicle agrees with the above:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/03/SPGKPPJ6811.DTL
To be honest, who really cares?
We're talking about guy who's hitting .061 in 49 AB this season and guy who has less than 50 career hits. Besides, the Braves got what they want out of the whole thing - cash....to help that tight payroll.
As I was writing this, Pete Orr reached base in the 8th when he layed a bunt down the first base line. The hit brings his average to an even .300 for the season.
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Went to the day game today against LA and your man Orr tossed me a ball during BP. Nice guy.
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