April Fools Joke: Cards Trade Wainwright to Cubs

by StLHugo on Apr 1, 2008 8:31 AM EDT

In exchange for Fukudome. Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said "Fukudome will help our struggling offense and will fill a key gap in our lineup, at the same time Wainwright was just taking away starts from Anthony Reyes and I really wanted to see him in the rotation this year"

Edit: I changed the title so as not to confuse people browsing the archives or who just saw it this morning and didn't have enough coffee.

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Really when given this trade opportunity.........

Mo would be a fool not to pull the trigger on this. He is a genius.

by Schnake on Apr 1, 2008 8:56 AM EDT reply actions

GRRRRRRRRRRR.........

THAT is one mean joke.............

"when we say strength we mean kettlebell,when we say kettlebell we mean strength"

by Calhoun on Apr 1, 2008 9:03 AM EDT reply actions

i would rather

trade looper thompson and ludwick to the tigers for dontrelle willis

by krippledmaster on Apr 1, 2008 9:40 AM EDT reply actions

april fool's . . . . .

by lboros on Apr 1, 2008 10:02 AM EDT reply actions

exactly....

though I think Calhoun already caught on to that.

by StLHugo on Apr 1, 2008 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions

no, i knew

i just want to get rid of unnecessary baggage on our team to give reyes and barton their chances.

by krippledmaster on Apr 1, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

thought you did too

Those 3 would never get willis so i figured you had caught on too, and in all honesty I would assume Schnake did too.

by StLHugo on Apr 1, 2008 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Too obvious an attempt at April Fool's humor

Something more believable would have been more effective like,

"Cards release Reyes due to insubordination", "Cards trade Reyes for cash", or "2006 World Series under investigation amid new 'Spygate' scandal".

by bailorg on Apr 1, 2008 10:35 AM EDT reply actions

how about:

Pujols comes clean, reveals problem with "bionic elbow"

From Pip at Fungoes. Not bad, imho...

Well the girls would turn the color of the avocado when he'd drive down the street in his El Dorado

by SleepyCA on Apr 1, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

That's Fuku'n Great

Adam Wainwright, the next Ernie Brolio?

"Do what you want to the women and children but leave me alone"- George Carlin

by That's a Winner on Apr 1, 2008 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

Broglio

Redbirds Fun
2006 WS for JB and DK57RIP: Josh Hancock

by cardsfan84 on Apr 1, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

All the bells and whistles on the new site and still no edit function.
Idiots like me who type to fast need it.

"Do what you want to the women and children but leave me alone"- George Carlin

by That's a Winner on Apr 1, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Great one

I wasn't fooled one bit.

You should have had Leach or someone go along with this...more credibility that way.

I don't fault you for trying.

Redbirds Fun
2006 WS for JB and DK57RIP: Josh Hancock

by cardsfan84 on Apr 1, 2008 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

Can I just say

I hate, absolutely hate, april fool's.

by arch support on Apr 1, 2008 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

Didn't fool me

I know the Cubs wouldn't want a guy like Wainwright. They'd trade for Aaron Hill.

Rasmus or bust.

by Zoop on Apr 1, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions

Mo needs this

Google's Gmail custom time, surely an April fool's joke:

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html

That's a winner!

by saveferris on Apr 1, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

While it's probably a Google April fool's joke,

It's certainly technically possible to do. I've done it on a couple of occasions.

by outraged on Apr 1, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

April Fool's Day sucks

I've had to go through a few Dolphin-related jokes over on my blog.

And then I come here and read all these jokes.

I've come to the conclusion that April Fool's Day in this technology age is not a good thing!!

The Phinsider: SBN's Miami Dolphins blog

by Matty I on Apr 1, 2008 4:50 PM EDT reply actions

degenerates amuse us...

for anyone who actually fell for this and got all worked up... should go find a donkey, go live in the mountains, and dont bother anybody. this is the ultimate self IQ test.. and for those who failed, should consider heavy medication or do us a favor and run into on coming traffic..

seriously

by sean in the mo on Apr 1, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions