I have to disagree about the Bedard trade. Going after Eric Bedard wasn't the worst idea in the world, but I do distinctly remember having this sick feeling as it was going down and names were being thrown out there, and when the deal finally went through, it was just like "Wow!". I simply couldn't believe how many players we gave up. Granted, most of them didn't work out, but the number one piece in the trade did work out, like gangbusters. The trade was kind of humiliating too. We even gave up George Sherrill in that deal, which really made me feel like the Orioles basically were just having their way with Bavasi. At a certain point, they must have kept stringing him along just to see how much more they could get him to give up. That guy was just the worst.