Within minutes of the trade deadline, the Cubs announced Todd Walker is bound for San Diego in exchange for a 19-year-old minor league pitcher. It figures. Walker never got the respect he deserved throughout his stay here in Chicago, but at least he's going to a team that might sneak into the playoffs in a division nobody seems to want to win.
In a post-deadline announcement also affecting that NL West race, WGN Radio is announcing the second Greg Maddux era is also at an end. Pending approval, he's off the the Dodgers with a pile of cash for shortstop Cesar Izturis. I try to stay away from emoticons here, but :-(
So here's hoping the Cubs re-sign Maddux when he becomes a free agent at season's end. And in the meantime, I recommend the Cubs make haste in finally retiring number 31. The Dodgers' visit Wrigley September 12-14, which would be a perfect time. Trot Fergie out as well and have a dual ceremony, and then hope for that number to be un-retired in 2007.
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