Durham excited to join "great team"

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Published 7/21/2008 by Al (noreply@blogger.com) at Al's Ramblings
Sunday, July 20, 2008 (7/20/2008 07:11:00 PM) - Al Durham happily waives his 10 and 5 rights, and the Giants are paying about half of his salary the rest of the year. As expected, Dillon goes down to AAA to make room for him. Tough break for Joe, but he'll get plenty of AB's and be ready to go in September, or earlier if an injury occurs. ...

In the News (7/20)
Published 7/21/2008 by Jared (noreply@blogger.com) at Right Field Bleachers
... I don't know much about Durham as far as whether he'll be a good veteran presence, but his initial comments after the trade are encouraging: ...

Ray Durham Trade Reactions
Published 7/21/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... leaguers Darren Ford and Steve Hammond.  They were ranked 21st and 27th among Brewers prospects heading into the season, according to Baseball America.  Today let's look at reactions to the trade. ESPN's Keith Law considers Durham a useful addition for Milwaukee, albeit only offensively.  He considers the prospects received by San Francisco to be "close to a zero return." The Giants picked up roughly half the money owed to Durham. The trade was jarring ...

Weekly Wisconsin Sports Wank
Published 7/21/2008 by ruffian96 (noreply@blogger.com) at The Rogue Hour
... tier farm talent dwindling but at least we still have Mat Gamel (right?). But don't think this trade for Durham is any reflection on Rickie Weeks, according to Yost. Ned emphasizes that Durham is not a replacement for Weeks, says Rickie will be just fine platooning, and that he's not sure why people are down on Weeks just because he's a scrub when he's always been pretty lame (or words to that effect). And by all accounts Durham is very happy to be coming to Milwaukee, yes you read that right. Althought I didn't see much of the All-Star game, I saw Sheets ...