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27	Dezember 2018

Chris Sale intrigue means MLB trade seas

Here's how baseball trade news played out Saturday:If you want Chris Sale, the White Sox want to raid your farm system.MORE: Hank Aaron Jersey MLB trade rumors: Eight teams in running for Rays' Chris ArcherChris Sale has been scratched from his start tonight.Chris Sale is sick.Chris Sale is not sick.Commence #HugWatch.Wait, maybe not.Wait, Chris Sale was scratched for a cryptic reason.#HugWatch can stand down.Wait, Chris Sale did what?!Anything Sale-related was big news Saturday, and that's how we know the MLB trade season is officially here. Yes, we've known for weeks who might be on the block and which contenders need various forms of help. But until that first big name is tied to anon-ironic use of#HugWatch, it's all just talk. And Saturday evening, things finallygot real.Thoughultimately nottrade-related after all, the Sale drama represented this season's unofficial opening trading bell, the moment people really start paying attention. So from now until, basically, the Olympics, trade talk will fuel our minds.So buckle up. You know what's coming.MORE: Giants too savvy to be fazed by post-All-Star break slumpA new, exciting energy will envelop the baseball universe. Hope though usually false hope will be everywhere.There will be a thousand Braves Womens Cool Base White Jersey fake Twitter accounts that announce various fake blockbuster deals. No matter your baseball knowledge orexperience as a fan, just about everyone will be fooled at least once, even if only for a few seconds. (Yes, you will.)Every big name will be tied to a slew of teams. Most of these ties will have no merit. The Twitter refresh button will never be busier.Fans of every team will hunt for news, hoping perhaps even against logic or reality that a big deal goes throughto set them on a championship course.Some big deals will probably happen. Some minor ones will, too. Some fans will be thrilled. Some will be disappointed. It's all part of the annual ritual.MORE: Indians must be aggre sive at trade deadlineIn the end, though, most fans of most teams will go to beddisappointed at midnight Aug. 1. Even though most fans already know this, it's the not knowing for sure that slightest of po sibilities that fuels everyone's hopes every season during the final week of July.The bell has been rung. Now we wait. For the thrill, the anxiety, the elation, the deflation.Trade season is here and we love every Dansby Swanson Cool Base White Jersey bit of it.