It's kind of nice to be able to talk about positive issues in sports today, instead of Vick or Donaghy or all of the negativity that the media has dumped (fairly or unfairly) on Bonds. Big trades are always fun to talk about, and today two fairly big trades have been announced. First, 1B Mark Texeira will now be an Atlanta Brave, moving from the Texas Rangers, who will receive C Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Saltalamacchia is a "can't miss" catching prospect, but since Brian McCann is already entrenched behind the plate for Atlanta, this deal made sense. The Braves add a big bat for the stretch run in their attempt to catch the Mets and Phillies, while the Rangers, who appear as if they will be playing also-rans this year in the AL West, are doing what they probably should be doing: building for the future. Salty is, from all reports, a tremendous building block.
But the biggest trade rumor (and it is just a rumor at this point, folks) is from the NBA. Minnesota reportedly will send F Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics for F Al Jefferson, F Ryan Gomes, G Gerald Green, C Theo Ratliff and 2 1st round picks, one of which is lottery-protected.
Now, since the deal is not final and I'm a Celtics fan and I don't want to jinx anything, I won't say more than these two things. 1. How happy is David Stern that the focus might be shifting from Tim Donaghy to a blockbuster trade? (Thanks Dan Shanoff for pointing this out) and 2. A starting lineup of Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, KG and Kendrick Perkins can definitely win the crap-tacular East.
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