Don’t believe everything you read

Ok in lue of this report:

Olney stats….  It’s the sort of thing that is much more likely to happen in fantasy baseball than in real life, but according to sources, an idea has been kicked around the Phillies’ organization internally, with discussions about proposing a swap of slugger Ryan Howard for St. Louis superstar Albert Pujols.

It’s not fully clear whether the Phillies actually have approached the Cardinals with the idea, and even if St. Louis were to seriously consider such an offer, executives with the Cardinals would have to swallow very hard before dealing Pujols, a player widely regarded as the best in the sport.

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro flatly denied that the internal discussions have taken place. “Lies,” he said. “That’s a lie. I don’t know who you’re talking to, but that’s a lie.”

Amaro had this RIGHT HERE to say

I would not believe everything you read or see.  I highly doubt this is happening.  Then again I did’nt think that the whole Lee / Halladay thing was for real either but regardless I just dont see this deal getting done.

STL would be out of their mind, they would prob ask for one of our OF’s / P / Howard and a prospect for Albert… Then we would have to resign Albert to something like 10 years 250 mill…. something in that range, yeah, Philly isnt doing that no way in anything….

Nice story though right?