Found August 01, 2008 on Bugs & Cranks:
The non-waiver trade deadline is over. Manny Ramirez is in Los Angeles, Pudge Rodriguez is a Yankee, Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins are Houston Astros, and there are no new members of the New York Mets. Let's review the winners and losers of baseball's trading season in our very special 'Kudos & Wet Willies' style. Kudos to [...]
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