By Blaidd Drwg
He’s baaaaccckkkk! In the WTF move of the week by Jack Zduriencik, the Marines have traded 2 spare part minor leaguers for old friend Russell Branyan.
Despite the M’s first base issues, why trade for a 32 year old slugger with back problems when you are sitting 14 games back of first place in your division half way through the season? Me thinks that Z is not ready to give up on the season, which is probably going to lead to at least one other stupid deal and possible the M’s not trading Cliff Lee. I also suspect that this will mean that either Mike Carp or Mike Saunders (or possibly both) will see a significant reduction in playing time or a trip back to Tacoma. Wak does love to play his veterans.
FlatbreadGarden 
“You gotta love these guys!”
I’m guessing that if the M’s are going to lose, the fans will be happier seeing a familiar face that has had success in the past. See: “Griffey, Ken”.
Also, it’s going to make it harder to complain that team, as constructed, lacks power. Management can now point to Branyan and say “Well, we’re trying..”
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