Baseball trade deadline

Wow! Was there some action at the trade deadline for Baseball this week. Normally, I wouldnt care so much about Baseball because I was soured on the sport after the strike in 1994 plus my hometeam-the Tigers-were sucking so bad for so long, that it was a pointless waste of my time to follow the sport. Anyways, back to the action of this weeks trade deadline...Headlining the list is the move of Manny Ramirez from the Red Sox to the Dodgers in a 3 way trade in which the Red Sox got basically nothing! I know that Ramirez wanted out of Boston, but how do you let a future hall of famer go for an average outfielder! And here I thought the Sox's GM, Brian Eckstein was the best in the business, apparently not anymore. Unfortunately for my Tigers their central divisional competitors, the White Sox, picked up Ken Griffey Jr., making an already excellent team, that much better-yikes. My Tigers didn't stand pat however, the traded Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez to the Yanks for reliever Kyle Farnsworth. As a fan of the Tigers, it's sad to see Pudge go. After all, the future hall of famer was the first guy who helped to bring the Tigers back into prominence in baseball. He was the only star in the league who was willing to take a chance on a team that hadnt won more than 70 games in a season in the 10 years leading up to his arrival. His affect of the team was instanteous. No they didnt win 100 games right away, but he brought leadership and a winning attitude to a team in desperate need of both. The result was that in 2006 the Tigers made it too the world series for the first time in 22 years. True, they got waxed by the Cardinals that year, but it put the Tigers back in the Baseball limelight, and for that, Tiger's fans around the USA should think Pudge. In return the Tigers got some much needed help in Farnsworth. The Tigers weakness all year has been in the bullpen, specifically at reliever. Injuries at that position only exaserbated their problem, forcing them to rely on 40 year old Todd Jones-who is well past his prime and has proven to not be able to hold leads in the most important games of the season. Even though I'm sad to see Pudge go, I'm glad that the Tigers at least got something of value at a position that they desparately needed to solidify, showing that they too have a management team in placd that knows what they are doing. I can only hope that this trade helps the Tigers out enough that they can make a run down the stretch and take the in the Central Division, despite their miserable start. Go Tigers!!!