The professional sports Trade Deadline is a modern invention and a place where fan fiction often passes for truth. It is an actual hype beast. And it’s a stunning amount of fun.
The annual hype surrounding the MLB trade deadline is unmatched in any American professional sports league. And it’s actually worth the hype too, which is rare.
My first flame of trade rumor fascination (CC Sabathia in 2008) has catalyzed this year’s enrapturing. Right now, the vast, varied speculation regarding Max Scherzer’s potential new destination is the best baseball storyline that isn’t about pitchers using sticky stuff – especially because he’s clean.
The perennial and wildly outlandish anticipation every
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