Jim Hurley Sports and Racing Information Network
Jim Hurley Sports and Racing Information Network
Jim Hurley Sports and Racing Information Network
Jim Hurley Sports and Racing Information Network

OUR JIM SEZ MID-WEEK UPDATE FEATURES MLB & NFL NEWS/NOTES PLUS WE CHECK OUT THE BIG 10 IN OUR LATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL FIVE-YEAR POINTSPREAD BREAKDOWN CHART

By Jim Hurley:

The Major-League Baseball Trade Deadline is just now only a week away (July 31st) and there's a growing sense that any/all of the big deals involving pitchers have happened already - and that's too bad if that is true!
    
No doubt the deals that moved CC Sabathia from Cleveland to Milwaukee (he's 3-and-oh already for the Brewers, you know), Rich Harden from Oakland to the Chicago Cubs and Joe Blanton from Oakland to Philadelphia were solid in-season swaps for the clubs both dealing away those hurlers and the clubs that brought back young/minor-league talent in return but could some of the potential big-time buyers - and we mean you, New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals - be getting cold feet these days because of the prohibitive costs for the likes of Pittsburgh lefthander Zach Duke, Seattle's ...

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Cubs activate Soriano, Eyre; option Hoffpauir, Hart

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs activated outfielder Alfonso Soriano and left-handed pitcher Scott Eyre from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday.
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7/23/2008 8:05:07 PM