Try-Out Over: Wood Needs to Ride the Pine for Good

Former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips once said on ESPN's Baseball Tonight, "There is a saying among general managers. Prospects will get you fired."

Nothing could illustrate that statement more than the L.A. Angels' version of Ryan Leaf— third baseman Brandon Wood.

Alex Rodriguez, Roy Halladay and Carl Crawford.

Just three names that were bandied about as potential trade bait for Brandon Wood (and a few of his fellow underachieving Halo prospect brethren) over the past several years. Names that could have helped the Angels to their second world championship in their 50-year history, at a time when the team was in a far better position to win.

Fans called into Angel Talk and wrote letters to their newspapers begging management to make a move for a...

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