Four thoughts on trading away Sam Cronin and Marc Burch

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY SportsI had just concluded teaching a lovely Talmud class this morning and was settling in to relax and maybe catch up on a little desk work. And then, I got this twitter message.

So I respond.

@StephenTaylor20 Hasn't been announced by either team. Hasn't been rumored or mentioned by anyone on twitter. It makes no sense. And tomorrow is April 1.

— Rapids Rabbi (@rapidsrabbi) March 31, 2017 Abbie had texted me earlier in the day to remind me that April Fools Day was a great time for people to jerk SBNation blogs around with ridiculous, obscene pranks. And here’s this article that says the Rapids are trading their captain, Sam Cronin and starting leftback, Marc Burch…