Found July 10, 2009 on Batter's Box:
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In this morning's typically excellent and detailed Newberg Report -- the best baseball e-newsletter on the Internets -- friend of Batter's Box Jamey Newberg checks in on the Halladay Question. Here's what he had to say -- warning, it's quite long -- so give it a read and respond.(Keep in mind, Jamey is a registered Bauxite, so he may well see what you write!)********There are issues involved with the hypothetical marriage between the Rangers and Roy Halladay that weren't factors when Texas traded Mark Teixeira two years ago, but there are a few things instructive about the 2007 trade that, in part, helped put the Rangers in the position that they're now in, able to compete with anyone in terms of loading up an impact package of young players to close a huge deal ... Are we 2007 Atlanta?  Or are we the '07 Dodgers? And do we have to be either?Before diving into that question, let's get two things out of the way, a couple issues that are not insign...
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