Supposing they shopped Zuke at the deadline and found no takers, wouldn't they take the hint that maybe he's just not that valuable of a catcher? Sometimes you can let the other teams do your scouting for you...
Strictly as an experiment, I tried surfing porn sites for 9 or 10 years a few years back, and the number of such ads increased by a lot, confirming your hypothesis.
You are referring to Sigfrieda Hawkinstein Day. I could repurpose the photo from the previous Spoiler Alert if you need it, for an example of one of the tie-cutters.
MLB.tv must have been reading our game thread on hangovers. Because between innings, they had an ad for Goose Island IPA, an ad for Budweiser, and another ad for Goose Island.