At his blog for the Daily News, Adam Rubin pulls an excerpt from his book, “Pedro, Carlos and Omar,” which recalls the trade of Victor Zambrano for Scott Kazmir during the summer of 2004…

…for those who want to continue to lament this trade should read this excerpt, which captures the essence of why this deal was done…also, while Rick Peterson gets much of the blame, according to rubin, and many others, it is the team’s former super-scout, Bill Livesey, who is to blame, as it was Livesey who initially signed zambrano when with tampa bay…