Anyone hitting refresh waiting on official confirmation of Lance's trade (aka, "The End of Our Youth") can go ahead and go to the bathroom.
Ken Rosenthal reminds us that, as a player with 10 years of ML experience - and five years with one team - there is a 24-hour window. Since it's so close to the deadline, this could have been an issue. Rosenthal says he gave approval before the 3pm today - 24 hours before the deadline - but official announcements won't come until tomorrow.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
