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I guess that's the crux of my argument on Dempster's side all along.  He has 10/5 rights that he's earned and he has a right to steer the trade discussion to the best destination for him possible.  And quite frankly, after reading his comments about the "hammer", I don't even think he's been dishonest with the fans about his intentions.  He said he was going to be looking out for himself in this thing, and he's not a bad person for wanting to so.  After all, if he's not looking after his best interests in this, who is?

Unfortunately Dempster's interests don't 100% coincide with the best interests of my favorite baseball team.  I wish they did, but I respect the fact that they don't.  It doesn't make Dempster a bad person or unreasonably selfish that they don't.