Angels' Street makes perfectly timed trade deadline Trout tweet
The hours leading up to 1 p.m. PT on Friday were wrought with anticipation, stress, and frenzy as MLB clubs scrambled to put together last-minute trade-deadline deals.
Enter Los Angeles Angels closer Huston Street, who jumped into the madness at the last-minute with a tweet -- first with this amusing look at the Angels shopping Mike Trout:
.@Angels are looking to move @MikeTrout for cash according to sources, likely asking for "ONE Biiiilllion Dollars!" pic.twitter.com/WRcqT7OTOQ
— Huston Street (@HustonStreet) July 31, 2015
Of course, one of the main takeaways from the joke is this: just a billion dollars for Mike Trout? Surely he's worth more than that ...