Cecil Cup Winner Moves to Danville

Cecil Cup star Peter Bird was shipped from Seattle to Danville today in exchange for a third round pick in next year's draft and career A-ball player Emilio Beauvais. Seattle Owner/GM Mack Shultz flew back from his island mansion to make the announcement personally.

"Peter has been a huge part of our team's success and was perhaps the key to winning our two championships," said Shultz. "In 2009, he shut down River Cities in Game 7 to win the title. In fact, he threw 14.2 shutout innings that year. Last year, even though he had been moved to the bullpen, he came in in a critical spot and hurled 2.2 perfect innings in relief. We literally couldn't have done it without him."

In the three years from 2008 to 2010, Bird posted a 42-20 record for the Monarchs. This year, however, Bird has seen limited duty, coming exclusively out of the Seattle bullpen. "As much as I loved my time in the Emerald City, I'm looking forward to getting more opportunities to pitch. In fact, Danville's owner has indicated that I may get to go back into the starting rotation. I'm excited and look forward to helping Danville dig out from its current sixth-place position," said Bird.

Beauvais probably could have been reached for comment, but no one cared to try.