# The Blue Jay Death Spiral: Fuck Godfrey, Fuck Ricciardi, Fuck Rios, Fuck Fuck Fuck

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 21, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blue-jay-death-spiral-fuck-godfrey-fuck-ricciardi-fuck-rios-fuck-fuck-fuck/453660 "2008-06-21T03:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blue-jay-death-spiral-fuck-godfrey-fuck-ricciardi-fuck-rios-fuck-fuck-fuck/453660/21 "2008-06-22T14:06:09Z")

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On behalf of your New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, I hereby offer the Toronto Blue Jays Carlos Delgado for [David Cooper.](http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=David%20Cooper&pos=1B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=476036) We will assume two-thirds of Delgado’s salary for this contract, and 15% of any other contract you decide to offer him EVER.

Movers are standing by at Mr. Delgado’s house.

Please respond ASAP.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blue-jay-death-spiral-fuck-godfrey-fuck-ricciardi-fuck-rios-fuck-fuck-fuck/453660/22 "2008-06-23T01:04:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup]  
On behalf of your New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, I hereby offer the Toronto Blue Jays Carlos Delgado for [David Cooper.](http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=David%20Cooper&pos=1B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=476036) We will assume two-thirds of Delgado’s salary for this contract, and 15% of any other contract you decide to offer him EVER.

Movers are standing by at Mr. Delgado’s house.

Please respond ASAP.  
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On behalf of the Toronto Blue Jays Professional Baseball Club, I humbly reject your generous offer, and propose a counteroffer; Cooper for Jose Reyes, straight up.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blue-jay-death-spiral-fuck-godfrey-fuck-ricciardi-fuck-rios-fuck-fuck-fuck/453660/23 "2008-06-23T04:39:05Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
On behalf of the Toronto Blue Jays Professional Baseball Club, I humbly reject your generous offer, and propose a counteroffer; Cooper for Jose Reyes, straight up.  
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Which leads to the inevitable irresistable counter-offer: Pedro Martinez for Roy Halladay and a first-base coach to be named later.

Hey, Cito Gaston’s got his first win! Happy Days are back again in Toronto!!

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