…and after all that, we’ll root for more-or-less the exact same team for the next two months that we’ve rooted for since april…
…and i’m cool with that…remember, fans, it’s not like omar can put a gun to a gm’s head and demand he execute a deal…it is what it is…in a seller’s market, you’re gonna [...]

The Braves received RHP Kyle Farnsworth from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for RHP Roman Colon and RHP Zach Miner. Opponents are batting just .192 against Farnsworth and he has a 1-1 record with 55 K in 42.2 IP.

Hey everyone. I just got done watching the BBTN Trade Deadline Special, praying something would get done that would be news worthy. Alas, twas not to be as all reports state that both 2B Alfonso Soriano and LF Manny Ramirez will not be traded by the Rangers and Red Sox, respectively. In fact, the only [...]

…at fenway for their game this afternoon, manny ramirez is now telling people he wants to remain with the red sox…

Ken Rosenthal is reporting at the Sporting News that the Red Sox are also talking to the Marlins, Rangers and Blue Jays about Manny Ramirez…

…yesterday afternoon i was told this deal would not happen and i’m still getting the same thing…and it appears that is the overwhelming consensus in all corners of the media…
…ultimately, this comes down to how badly the red sox feel they must remove manny ramirez’s attitude from their clubhouse….if they can deal with him, they’ll [...]

Steve Trachsel tossed five innings and allowed three earned runs on two homers in his a rehab start for Double-A Binghamton against Akron last night…
Trachsel told Scott Lauber of the Press & Sun Bulletin that he feels he will need two more starts before returning to the Mets.  Of course, that decision is up to Rick Peterson [...]

In the New York Post, Joel Sherman talks with two baseball executives and a scout about the talent of Lastings Milledge, who has become this season’s Scott Kazmir for Mets fans…
One American League executive tells Sherman the Mets should resist trading Milledge, as he believes he will develop along the lines of Torri Hunter, with [...]

According to a variety of reports, the Twins and Rangers are close to a deal that would send Alfonso Soriano to Minnesota in exchange for RHP Kyle Lohse, 2B Bret Boone and prospects to Texas…
…this makes much more sense for the rangers than a deal with the mets would’ve…they need pitching…not a logjam of center [...]

…some are concerned now that since minaya has accidentally created such a whirlwind amongst the team’s fan base, he may feel compelled to pull the trigger on soriano, while overpaying, in fear that he has to come home with something new when the trade deadline passes…
…man, i hope this is not the case…
…i hate to [...]

…bottom line is this: both the red sox and devil rays felt they were not getting enough in the rumored three-way deal with the mets…and there is just not enough time to work out all the details of a trade with this many dollar signs, and this many players…
…i.e., the deal is dead…
…where this leaves [...]

…now jayson stark at espn says the deal is, “just about dead.”…
…i give up…

…i’m starting to think espn analysts buster olney and jayson stark are just having fun with all of us…
This morning, ESPN’s Buster Olney pronounced the rumored deal between the Mets, Rays and Red Sox as having hit a ‘roadblock,’ as it approached an agreed upon noon deadline…
ESPN’s Jayson Stark now reports that it is still [...]

LHP Alan Embree, who the Mets had reportedly some interest in, signed with the Yankees today after being released Friday from the Boston Red Sox.
Embree, was 1-4 with a save and a 7.65 ERA in 43 appearances.
Oh well, bring on the next deal….if there ever is one.

…it’s quiet, folks…

…the rumored ‘noon deadline’ has come and gone without so much as a peep from anyone…

…all i can gather is that once upon a time the red
sox were talking to the devil rays and the mets were talking to the devil
rays, and the mets were talking to the red sox and figured, why [...]