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So Frank Wren decides to deal Mark Teixeira two days before the Trade Deadline.  If this is a sign of things to come, next year's Independence Day Fireworks Show at Turner Field will probably begin with the grand finale. OK... [link]

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Odds and Ends: Roberts, Ohman, Kotsay, Eyre
Published 7/30/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... MLB.com's Mark Bowman guesses Will Ohman will land with the Cardinals.  He also puts the odds of a Mark Kotsay deal at 50%. ...

Trade rumor updates: Bay, Sherrill, Ohman
Published 7/30/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Kujo) at Rockin' the Red
... The other surprising twist is the Cardinals are not interested in John Grabow, per Dejan. Either the asking price is too high or they have their sight set on another reliever, such as Will Ohman, per Mark Bowman: ...

Deadline Countdown: Two Days
Published 7/30/2008 by Will Schaffer at Chop-n-Change
... Mark Bowman of MLB.com says he thinks Ohman will land in St. Louis. The cardinals certainly have the arms in their farm system to get this deal done so I’d also call them one of the favorites at this point. Bowman also says he thinks the chance of Mark Kotsay being dealt before the deadline is about 50%. ...

Deadline Countdown: Two Days
Published 7/31/2008 by Will Schaffer at Chop-n-Change
... Mark Bowman of MLB.com says he thinks Ohman will land in St. Louis. The cardinals certainly have the arms in their farm system to get this deal done so I’d also call them one of the favorites at this point. Bowman also says he thinks the chance of Mark Kotsay being dealt before the deadline is about 50%. ...

The Deadline Looms
Published 7/31/2008 by Jonathan at Braves Blast :: Atlanta Braves Blog
... Mark Kotsay - I hadn’t really thought much about the Braves trading Kotsay, but Mark Bowman gives a 50% chance that he’ll be traded before the deadline.  Bowman also indicates that he may stick around until August.  I don’t really know what to think about this one either way. ...

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