Trade deadline

I've been a baseball fan my entire life, and there have been many times in my adult life that this date, the MLB trade deadline, has made me unhappy.  That's the hard part of rooting for a team that often is no longer competing for anything by this time of year.  We had some hope heading into the All-Star break, but when we came out losing more than we were winning, I knew we were going to be "sellers" rather than "buyers" as this deadline approached.  Sure enough, the Reds traded Puig, Roark, & Gennett.  I wasn't surprised by the Puig trade, although I did enjoy watching him play.  Gennett was one I really liked, but this is life in the baseball world!