Transcript - BTF’s 2009 Trade Deadline Extravaganza

Come spend the trade deadline with BTF! We've asked some of the best and brightest analysts on the web to join us for an afternoon discussion panel, starting 12 PM (EDT) on Friday, 7/31.

As of right now, the tentative panel list includes:

Craig Calcaterra (Shysterball)
David Cameron (Fangraphs, U.S.S. Mariner)
Brian Joura (Fangraphs, Fantasy Pros 911)
Sky Kalkman (Beyond the Box Score)
Jonah Keri (Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily)
Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud, New York Observer, The Perpetual Post)
Pat Lackey (Where Have You Gone Andy van Slyke?)
Adam Morris (Lone Star Ball)
Chris Needham (NBC Washington)
John Sickels (Minor League Ball, RotoWire, The Baseball Prospect Book)
Eric Simon (Amazin' Avenue)
Jeff Sullivan (Lookout Landing)

I'm still in the process of getting the schedule nailed down, but here are the tentative arrival times so far (all times in EDT):

Sullivan: 12 PM
Calcaterra: 12 PM
Cameron: 12 PM
Kalkman: 12 PM
Keri: 12:30 PM
Joura: 1 PM
Megdal: 1 PM
Needham: 1 PM
Morris: 3 PM
Simon: Afternoon-6PM

More to come...

Guest availability will vary as responsibilities dictate. Some should be there at least an hour while some are willing to spend most, if not all, of the afternoon with us.

In addition to asking questions through the chat client during the event (available through the applet on BTF's front page or from CoveritLive.com), questions can be submitted up to and through the event by sending an e-mail.

For those that have problems with the embedded chat applet on BTF, a live link to connect to the chat through CoveritLive.com will appear at the start of the event. As a reminder, no additional software or registration is required to view or participate in the chat. The only thing required is a 21st century browser that's capable of, uh, doing, uh, stuff.