Typical DL

Turns out there may have been a little more motivating factor behind DL trading for LaRoche. From The Sporting News Inside Dish:

Pirates G.M. Dave Littlefield completed a quest of sorts when he acquired 1B Adam LaRoche from the Braves. Back in 1999, when Littlefield was an assistant G.M. with the Marlins, Florida drafted LaRoche out of a community college in the 42nd round but failed to sign him.

I wonder if DL actually forms new opinions on a players or if he's just working from notes that he made out in like 2002. Not that it's a bad thing to keep after a player you like, but damn, every single guy DL goes after is someone he's tried to get in the past and failed to get (if you missed the stories, he wanted to draft Romak in 2003). It's not that I think that this makes the LaRoche trade a bad trade or anything, it's just that something about DL being unable to trade for anyone that hasn't been on his radar for three years seems disconcerting to me. Perhaps I'm overreacting (hat tip to Jon for the tip).