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It didn’t take us long to get sick of the trade deadline this year. Naturally, as Mets fans we’ve been sick of the trade deadline since the Amazins traded Jason Isringhausen for Billy Taylor, not to mention the time they sent some Kazmir guy to Tampa Bay for surefire All-Star, 10-minute-fix Victor Zambrano.

(It should be noted that we were at Zambrano’s last game for the Mets, when he tweaked something in his elbow, threw a pitch, then just ran off the field mid-inning. We thought it was funny, injury aside, and we stood on our feet and cheered his departure. Mets fans around us got mad that we were making light of his injury, but we were really just making light of the franchise’s storied commitment to making boneheaded deadline deals then keeping the crappy players they received around for way too long out of hubris. Those same fans later booed Cow-Bellman, who slots in right behind Victor Zambrano on the list of people who exemplify everything that’s ever gone wrong with the Mets.)

Besides the jilted-lover feeling we sometimes get from the Mets at the deadline, we hate hearing about all the rumors. Mostly because so few of those rumors come true. So Manny Ramirez is heading to the Marlins? Could be. But it’s equally possible he won’t be dealt at all, or that he’ll randomly end up on some other team that Ken Rosenthal and Peter Gammons and Buster Olney said nothing about. And once he gets there, he’ll still be awesome.

Until then, we’re going to avoid the temptation to break down every possible Mets trade option and tell you why they all suck. That’s someone else’s job. We’ll just wait to see who they get, and then tell you why he sucks on tomorrow’s episode of The Nooner.

Mike Pelfrey allowed 5 earned runs in the fourth inning, digging a hole the Mets were unable to climb out of on the way to a 7-5 loss. Now, with the trade deadline looming many have said the Mets need to bolster their bullpen. However after having showed the ability to get knocked around that badly within one inning, it seems Pelfrey would fit in perfectly with the Mets pen, and they will likely have a hole in the starting rotation.

The Yanks salvaged their series with the last place O’s, stomping the birds 13-3 behind two Bobby Abreu dingers. The big news of the day however, came with the announcement that the Bombers had also acquired 14-time All Star Pudge Rodriguez from the Detroit Tigers. While their platoon of Jose Molina and Chad Moeller behind the plate had proven serviceable, Yankees brass wisely elected to follow this time tested adage: You can’t win a World Series with catchers whose combined fantasy league ownership hasn’t eclipsed 2%.

While it seemed quite unlikely at first, the possibility of Manny Ramirez being traded out of Boston appears imminent with the 4pm trade deadline looming. This after ESPN Deportes reported that, among other things, Ramirez said “The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me.” ESPN Deportes? Really? Apparently Ramirez is also intrigued by the possibility of joining the LA Galaxy in order to boost US interest in soccer.

In an effort to finally address their disciplinary issues, Penn State football announced the dismissal of two defensive tackles due to their off-field issues. ESPN recently reported that in the past 8 years there have apparently been more legal allegations against Penn State players than there have been crimes in the city of Des Moines, Iowa. Coach Joe Paterno dismissed the problems however, referring to the report as a witch hunt. Which, having coached the Salem Crusaders for a brief stint in the 1690′s, he knows a thing or two about.