Wednesday BP: Trade deadline temp check

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesGood morning, baseball fans.

So uh, that was quite the trade deadline yesterday. Not for the San Francisco Giants, I mean. But for the other, more active teams.

The San Diego Padres seem to be attempting to out-Monstar the Los Angeles Dodgers. Meanwhile the Giants are going to try to putter along like Bart Simpson alone in the rowboat and hope that it leads somewhere better than where they’re at now.

I would love to have future me point and laugh at this in October, when the Giants somehow sneak their way back into the playoffs and perform some of that October magic we’ve seen in years past, lauding the hidden genius of the front office.

But, uh, in the…