Problem was: the trade was never formally processed by the League Office. After learning of the delay, the GMs of the respective teams, Jim Slade of Rockville and Mike Dunn of Chicago, reached out to see if there was a problem that would negate the deal. The response from Brewster HQ was that a minor "technical snafu" had held up processing, and the transaction would proceed.
Actual surveillance video of Commissioner
The sources say when the Commissioner was finally located, asleep in beer slop in a dive bar, they could not even get him to hold the pen to sign the transaction paperwork. "So we figured we'd just delay the deal. No biggie."
The trade -- once it actually happens -- will be a biggie for Rockville, since the team coincidentally just lost 2B Heng-zong Guan for five weeks with a fractured rib. Wattson, meanwhile, made the most of his extended stay in Chicago, the only organization he has ever known. Those extra three games as a Black Sox brought the following stat line:
11 AB, 5 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .455 AVG, 1.636 OPS
Slade likely hopes Wattson continues that torrid hitting when he finally arrives in his new home town!
The incident overshadowed the All-Star Game itself, in which the Frick League topped the Johnson League 5-2, proving once and for all the vast superiority of the Frick.
