Phillies

Report: The Phillies Have Traded Marlon Byrd (UPDATE: Nope)

By Kyle Scott

Published: Jul 31st, 2014 · 1:55 PM EDT

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AND WE HAVE LIFE.

Jim Bowden of ESPN is reporting that the Phillies have traded Marlon Byrd to the Yankees. Updates coming.

UPDATE: Nope. Jim Bowden – and therefore the rest of Earth – was duped by a fake Joel Sherman account:

There is a fake account that has me saying Marlon Byrd to the Yankees. I am not reporting that

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 31, 2014

UPDATE 2: Bowden’s Tweet was real. The fun part is, he didn’t credit Joel Sherman or the fake Joel Sherman. Double bad look. Something goofy’s going on with his account now:

THE DANGERS OF DEADLINE DAY

UPDATE 3: It looks as though Bowden has changed his handle from (@JimBowdenESPNxm) to (@JimBowdiv). Maybe no one will notice.

UPDATE 4: Bowden has freaked out.