IT'S A CRUEL, CRUEL BUSINESS...

Those major-league baseball teams, like Ottawa's former parent club, the Philadelphia Phillies, can just up and trade Kyle Kendrick halfway across the planet with nothing more than a few platitudes and a pat on the back. See why it's better to have independent baseball than the affiliated kind?

(Wait ... it was a prank? Well, that changes everything. Video courtesy of Bill Baer at Crashburn Alley.)