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With about an hour or so left before the trade deadline, I felt that it would be worth mentioning that Paul Byrd himself said that he heard that both the New York Yankees and the Colorado Rockies were interested in his services. 

Hmm…I wonder which team Byrd would rather play for?  If anything, he’ll now be able to go back to his son that once claimed his dad was only “average” since the Yankees never traded for him.

“He would play this baseball video game and say, ‘You know, dad, your stuff’s not very good,”’ Byrd recalled Tuesday in an interview with FOXSports.com.

“He asked, ‘Why are the Yankees always so good? Every video game we get, they’ve got the best team.’ I explained to him that they spend a lot of money on players. If a player is really good, they try to trade for him. Usually, they have kind of an All-Star team.

“He kind of tucked that away in his memory,” Byrd continued. “About two months later, I was signing autographs. He said, dead serious, ‘Why would anyone want your autograph?’ He said, ‘You’re not any good, you’re just average.’

“I said, ‘I’ve been pitching in the big leagues about 10 years. I’ve done this and that.’ He said, ‘Dad, if you were any good, the Yankees would have traded for you.’

Man, when you’re “sellers,” you’re really sellers.  Meanwhile, Chicago is waiting on the “OK” from Junior…

Will Paul Byrd stay or will he go? [Plain Dealer]
Paul Byrd’s Son Thinks…[FanHouse]