Quote Originally Posted by rico43 View Post
It is early, but any other trade you can think of (free agent signings excepted) have had some kind of positive return for at least a short time (Uggla, Lowe). There has been nothing positive at all from the arrival of Olivera in the Braves system and they are stuck with him until 2020.

By the way, your lists doesn't hit either of my top two dark days. Again, I laid off Eric Gregg out of respect for the dead. I was there and it was one of the most mind-blowing things I have ever seen.

The St. Louis rainout was just that, a rainout. I lump it with the infield fly call, Lonnie Smith's baserunning and the Leyritz homer as the fickle nature of baseball. A truly dark day transcends a single win or a single loss, to my thinking.
Exactly why I don't think the Olivera deal qualifies, nor ever will.