Manny Machado Knew He Had Been Traded A Week Ago
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3VDN4)
The worst-kept secret of the All-Star Game was that then-Orioles shortstop Manny Machado was heading to the Dodgers, in a trade that wouldn't be announced until after the break-to avoid the awkwardness of Machado wearing an Orioles uniform in the ASG and head off the possibility of his story overshadowing what's"