Trades finalized, rumors put to rest

It was a day of less than expected arguing, bickering, money laundering hustling, dealing, and wheeling. For Red Sox fans sake Manny Ramirez was not traded. This is a relief. Boston would be crazy to deal away one of their most productive hitters, only shooting themselves in foot by hurting their chances in the postseason. Sunday, there were some moves made. Kyle Farnsworth was traded to Atlanta from Detroit, Ron Villone was dealt to Florida from Seattle, Boston did grab OF Jose Cruz Jr., Matt Lawton went to the Cubs in exchange for Jody Gerut, and Buddy Groom departed the Yankees to go to...who cares? There really was no good trades at all. Earlier this week the Padres traded Phil Nevin to Texas for pitcher Chan Ho Park. Soriano stayed on the team which was a smart decision by the Rangers front office. When it came right down to the trade deadline nobody was willing to give up much to get the best talent around the league. That was sort of strange since some of these teams have no chance in hell of making the playoffs. Oh well, some teams will regret their decisions when a key star player gets put on the shelf with an injury later or players get suspended for using steroids again. It's only a matter of time.