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No GM can match the head-scratching caused by Ed Wade
sports.yahoo.com - 7/31/2008
No GM can match the head-scratching caused by Ed Wade
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It's been a relatively quiet afternoon — Arthur Rhodes to Florida, yawn — but we still have about 45 minutes left on the non-waiver trading period. The Manny three-way deal is said to be dead ( though maybe not ), so there stands a good chance we'll have to remember this year for all the trades (Sabathia, Harden, Teixeira, Pudge, etc.) that occurred before Deadline Day came ...

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Silly?
This Blog Is Full Of Crap — I guess you can't print "shitty" in Big League Stew: However, I don't think it's too early to crown a winner for Silliest Trade of the Season and that one goes to Houston Astros GM Ed Wade and Co., who traded 22-year-old prospect Matt Cusick for 35-year-old middle reliever LaTroy Hawkins on Wednesday, so that his team might compete better for the NL Central title. Did I mention the 'Stros are 13.5 games behind the Cubs? And that Hawkins had already been DFAed by the Yanks? And that they already pointlessly added Randy Wolf? Hey, they haven't called ...

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