Lester MacGill - Cobbfather Post Gazette
Winter meetings were animated today as trades flew all over the place between every franchise. Every franchise except two that is. Negotiations between the Pawtucket Pouncing Penguins and the New York Pride of the Yankees hit a snag when Penguins GM phillyfan33 rejected 17 consecutive trade proposals by New York GM domiisgod. "What we were trying to achieve was a guiness record for most rejected trade proposals," said Penguins PR rep Chet Biggins. He continued, "Some of the offers may have been fair really, but we want to put Pawtucket on the map, and the way to start is by getting our names in the Guiness book. I have it on good authority that our record will be right next to the worlds longest loogie, which is a great honor."
New York fans were upset and astonished that their neighbor to the North got the jump on them. "What the hell?" exclaimed NY fan Vito Popone. "The Pride of the Yankees are the best team in the universe, we gots contracts with soccer teams in Europe for crissakes! How the management could let those chumps from Pawtucket get in the books ahead of the Pride of the Yankees is f'n ridiculous! I'm calling my bookie Arnie, and he's gonna do something about it," continued the angry fan. NY officials couldn't be reached, but issued a statement saying that they were refusing to work with the difficult Pawtucket franchise until the Pride of the Yankee's