Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams discusses the club's moves at the trade deadline. Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer
There is nothing in all of sports quite like the MLB trade deadline. Not the NFL draft, which goes from Holy Roman spectacle to laborious snore after Round 1. Not the NBA’s pseudo-dramatic postseason silly season, when talk is dominated by whether this guy’s ego will work in that guy’s locker room. Not college football’s National Signing Day.
The last week or so, ever since the Mets got Marcus Stroman from Toronto, has been a barrel of monkeys, culminating with the Astros taking a big step forward in their quest for world domination, by acquiring Zack Greinke.