There we were, sitting and waiting for the sixth-best team in college football to play Saturday afternoon, when Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos made one of his surprise, out-of-nowhere trades.
Finally, the Braves got their playoff starting pitcher, acquiring seven-time All-Star left-hander Chris Sale from the Boston Red Sox for Vaughn Grissom, the player without a role on the Atlanta roster.
Sure, this would be great if this was 2019 and Sale was coming off seven straight seasons of being in the top six of the Cy Young voting in the American League.