Trade Deadline In A Few Hours

Look at that headline. Can you think of a more exciting sentence in sports? Sure, sure, the games themselves are exciting. As a Cubs fan, I nearly wet myself over the last few days as the Cubs have won 3 or 3 from Milwaukee at Miller Park. The only thing more exciting than winning is someone getting your hopes up with trade scenarios...even though we know damn well that Superstar X isn't going to be traded to your team at the deadline for two or three midlevel minor league prospects.
Does anyone really believe for a second that Manny Ramirez is going anywhere today? The only way Manny heads to South Florida this year is if the Sox meet the Marlins in the World Series. There, I said it! So go to ESPN.com today and read about how close Boston is to trading their best offensive player since Ted Williams--they're in a tight race with the Yankees and Rays--sure, it'll happen.
But we do have a little activity this morning. The outfielder formerly known as Ken Griffey Jr. is heading to the White Sox (pending approval). I'm not sure what this does to the White Sox, or even where they'll play Griffey. This trade opens up the door to the possibility that Griffey goes from "greatest baseball player in a generation" to platooning with Brian Anderson in just under nine years. If nothing else, this trade will allow the White Sox to move Nick Swisher to 1B full time.

Another great thing about the trade deadline is being able to see a headline that on any other day would seem compleatly ridiculous such as "Will Ohman in High Demand".

There you have it. Teams trying to get in their final positions before the stretch run over the next two months.

*Speaking of Griffey...the card pictured is his rookie card from the 1989 Upper Deck collection. If you collected baseball cards between 1985-1995 you recognize this card as the holy grail of cards. So, do you have any guesses how much it's worth today? $25. You can find it on Ebay for anywhere between $11 and $25. Maybe it was a good thing your mom threw all your baseball cards out.