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**OnlineHost** Welcome to General Manager Chat!
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BenjaminFrankWren: So...what have you been up to?
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OmarGoodness: Absolutely nothing.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Same here. Kind of boring being a general manager, huh?
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OmarGoodness: Yeah. I've been putting a bunch of players on the disabled list, and then taking them off the disabled list. That involves signing a piece of paper and making a thirty-second phone call and saying, "hey, you're on/off the disabled list." I've done that like two dozen times.
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BenjaminFrankWren: I traded for Nate McLouth a while back. Since then, I've had nothing to do. No purpose. I just lie face-down on my office floor, completely motionless.
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OmarGoodness: sigh
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OmarGoodness: what a boring job
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BenjaminFrankWren: You want to do something?
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OmarGoodness: Like what? You want to play a game?
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BenjaminFrankWren: Sure! Want to play poker?
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OmarGoodness: nah, I never get any aces
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OmarGoodness: How about Uno?
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BenjaminFrankWren: nah, i never get the wild card
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BenjaminFrankWren: monopoly?
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OmarGoodness: nah, too afraid of having to pay the Luxury Tax
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OmarGoodness: Settlers of Catan?
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BenjaminFrankWren: nah, i'm always giving up too much brick for not enough lumber
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BenjaminFrankWren: Rock, paper, scissors?
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OmarGoodness: nah, I always choose scissors because it's good on paper, then I get crushed
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OmarGoodness: Stratego?
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BenjaminFrankWren: nah, I rely too heavily on my scouts
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BenjaminFrankWren: Checkers?
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OmarGoodness: nah, i'm bad at moving forward
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OmarGoodness: Chess?
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BenjaminFrankWren: nah, I don't know any chess/baseball metaphors
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OmarGoodness: sigh
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OmarGoodness: So what do general managers do when we're bored? We trade, right?
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BenjaminFrankWren: Yeah! We trade! That's a great idea! Want to make a trade?
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OmarGoodness: Yeah, I'll start. I'll trade you Brett Gardner for Tommy Hanson, Jair Jurrjens, and Chipper Jones.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Declined.
I'll trade you Garret Anderson for David Wright.
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OmarGoodness: No.
I'll trade you Daniel Murphy for Brian McCann.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Counter offer: A bucket full of nickels for Daniel Murphy.
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OmarGoodness: No.
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BenjaminFrankWren: A bucket full of nickels and Pete Orr for Daniel Murphy.
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OmarGoodness: No. The Braves don't even have Pete Orr anymore.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Then I'll find out who he's playing for and trade for him.
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OmarGoodness: With what?
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BenjaminFrankWren: A bucket full of nickels.
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OmarGoodness: What? Why in the world do you have so many buc
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BenjaminFrankWren: I REALLY LIKE NICKELS OKAY
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BenjaminFrankWren: FOLDING MONEY IS FOR NITWITS
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OmarGoodness: This isn't going anywhere.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Okay, then, let's try this the other way.
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BenjaminFrankWren: I'll trade you something of zero value for something else of zero value.
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OmarGoodness: Ryan Church for Jeff Francoeur.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Deal!
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OmarGoodness: Hooray! I have traded away a subpar outfielder for another subpar outfielder.
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BenjaminFrankWren: Oh no, I made a trade with a division rival with whom I'm neck-and-neck in the standings! It sure is a good thing that said trade will be of absolutely zero consequence!
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OmarGoodness: Hey, I'll trade you a dollar.
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BenjaminFrankWren: How much?
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OmarGoodness: Two dollars.
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BenjaminFrankWren: No.
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OmarGoodness: One dollar.
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BenjaminFrankWren: SOLD
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AChipOffTheOl'_erJones: Hey boss, what are you doing in here?
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BenjaminFrankWren: GET OUT OF HERE, I'M WHEELING AND DEALING
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AChipOffTheOl'_erJones: Why is your office filled with buckets of nickels?
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BenjaminFrankWren: OH, SO THE FOLDING MONEY GESTAPO GOT TO YOU TOO, HAVE THEY
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Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hilarious!! Made my day!!
Awesome. Simply awesome.
Would be even more awesome if Brett Gardner wasn't on the Yankees ...
I love this Dugout.
Though I do think Church is marginally better.
Yeah, this would be even if Ryan Church weren't lightyears ahead of Francouer. HIS BAA IS HIGHER THAN FRENCHY'S OBP!
That Folding Money Gestapo . . . I tell ya, it's a bad mother.
if anything mets got the better deal church is injury prone and francouer is a young all star in the making
Meh...good concept, wrong situation. Frank Wren raped Omar in this deal---got a bucket of dimes for a bucket of nickels, except the nickels were only sitting on top of a bunch of pennies.
As a Braves fan, this made my day. I knew the Dugout would come through on this one. May be the best one of the season for me.
In my opinion, the Braves got the better end of the deal on this one. I do hope Francouer turns it around, but he was toast in Atlanta. As OmarGoodness say, good on paper, then gets crushed (groundout to third/ short on first pitch, repeat three times).
Great use of Pete Orr, the poor man's Ryan Freel.