Matt F___ck'n Bush traded to the Blue Jays

by jbox on Feb 10, 2009 12:49 PM PST

You know what's weird about this Padres Press Release?

Padres acquire a player to be named later or cash considerations from the Toronto Blue Jays

They don't even mention Matt Bush in the title or even the subtitle. The Padres are trying to distance themselves so much from Bush that they can't even mention him in the title fo an article about him? Maybe they felt like they'd have to address him by his full name and with a middle name like "F___ck'n", they thought it'd be innappropriate.

Let me say this first, I don't get this baseball thing or how it works so somebody is going to have to explain it to me... make sure to dumb it down for me, cuz ol' jbox ain't too smart. Also don't make it boring because I seriously won't read it. Anyway, my question is this... why would Toronto trade for Bush when they could just wait for the Padres to release him and then sign him?

Also in the same announcement they say John Vander Wal of 1998 post season fame is becoming a professional scout for the Pads.

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by R. Lankford on Feb 10, 2009 1:02 PM PST reply actions

Dumb it down a lot more

by jbox on Feb 10, 2009 1:05 PM PST up reply actions

29 teams would compete to sign Bush when he's released.

By trading before then, the Blue Jays know they’re getting him. DePo answers this same question in the comments section of his Matt Bush post.

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by Melvin Nieves on Feb 10, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions

(Expletive) Canada

Expletive Maple Leaf
Expletive Stephen Harper
Expletive O motherexpletive Canada

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by TheAxManCometh on Feb 10, 2009 1:04 PM PST reply actions

They read a blog post titled

“Matt Bush is SO going to be a Cub” and they freaked out.

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by Axion on Feb 10, 2009 1:15 PM PST reply actions

Let the fuckin' healing begin.

by Dalton on Feb 10, 2009 1:23 PM PST reply actions

Matt "Fookin" Bush + East County + Canada = ???

why would Toronto trade for Bush when they could just wait for the Padres to release him and then sign him?

Ooohh, maybe JP Riccardi regularly reads the GLB, found out about how much Matt Bush LOVES the East County and figured that, if Canadian Baseball doesn’t work out, Matt Bush would be the perfect person to star in the new season of “Trailer Park Boys?”

Paul Lo Duca is MLB's Pablo Escobar..

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 10, 2009 1:28 PM PST reply actions

Maybe

so they wouldn’t have to renegotiate a contract?

Or maybe they also just wanted to get rid of a certain player (or players)

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by thenerdhater on Feb 10, 2009 1:40 PM PST reply actions

Great Vander Wal article

by matthewverygood on Feb 10, 2009 1:44 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

fantastic

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by Drama on Feb 11, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions

If the Padres were forced to waive Bush

Then each team would get an opportunity to claim him. I think the waiver priority starts with the worst team in the player’s league (the NL, in this case), then after all NL teams pass it goes over to the worst AL team. So 20 or more teams could have claimed Bush before the Blue Jays had a shot at him. Apparently the Blue Jays wanted him enough to trade a player to ensure they got him…although this PTBNL could be worth less than a bag of baseballs.

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by Kyle Lobner on Feb 10, 2009 2:02 PM PST reply actions

PTBNL

we still get 1 from the dodgers for Mad Dog and one from the Cardinals for Greene

by schwing and a miss on Feb 10, 2009 2:41 PM PST reply actions

It was 2 for Mad dog

and I wanna say they’ve been named.

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by Axion on Feb 10, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions

Axion's correct

It was 2 for Mad Dog. They were Michael Watt and Eduardo Perez

Paul Lo Duca is MLB's Pablo Escobar..

by DodgerBlueBalls on Feb 10, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

o yea

by schwing and a miss on Feb 10, 2009 6:53 PM PST up reply actions

BUT

we are still waiting for one from the Red Birds from the Greene Trade.
Worell was the 1st, who will be the 2nd ?!?!?!

Am I right on this one?

by TJB on Feb 10, 2009 9:27 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, we're still waiting. I forget how long.

I read somewhere the second player is a better prospect than Worell. The credibility of “somewhere” and “better than Worell” is up to you.

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by Melvin Nieves on Feb 10, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions

I think the max is 6 months

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Feb 10, 2009 11:37 PM PST up reply actions

I think they

want him for their Olympic Hockey Squad: give that boy a f_ck’n p_ck and put him in a game where f_ght’ns legal!

by ABY on Feb 10, 2009 8:10 PM PST reply actions

Sad

I think it’s sad that a nice guy like Hayhurst was the one released to accommodate this d-bag.

Could be worse... could be the offseason.

by EllieK on Feb 11, 2009 12:28 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Lug Nut

He will most likely be a Lansing Lug Nut. (Toronto A Ball)

Hope he enjoys Michigan .. From what i hear, it is a lot like …. well .. east county.

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by wrveres on Feb 11, 2009 10:54 PM PST reply actions

Sad and Hilarious

What a missed opportunity the Bush pick was. Way worst than Ryan Leaf because no other club would have considered taking Bush with the first pick. And the end is perfect: beating up a high school freshman while screaming, “I’m Matt F-in Bush!” And never out of A-ball. Good riddance to a bad player and bad actor.

by Enzo Hernandez on Feb 13, 2009 6:35 PM PST reply actions