Found July 02, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
The Rockies trade utility man Jeff Baker to the Cubs for a minor league pitcher with a great name: The Chicago Cubs acquired infielder Jeff Baker from the Colorado Rockies for minor-league pitcher Alberto Alburquerque on Thursday. Alburquerque became a pure reliever this year and his K per 9 shot up to 11.4. Weird Al even did a [...]
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