Fun on the transactions wire
OK, the White Sox are three games out of the AL Central lead and below .500 but decide to trade for Roberto Alomar and Carl Everett. Yet, down just a couple of games to the Indians in 1997, the White Sox decide to give up and trade Roberto Hernandez, Wilson Alvarez and Danny Darwin to the Giants for prospects, although they included future closers Keith Foulke and Bobby Howry. Is there something I'm missing here?

In hockey, the free agent rules and designations confuse most people, and for the most part, it doesn't matter much. But it's fun to see the Rangers sorta play around with the rules with their paper shuffling trades of Mark Messier and Brian Leetch (similar to deals with Theo Fleury and Mike Richter in years past). Maybe they'll sign elsewhere, most likely they'll return. Check this out for a great reaction to the moves.

The whole thing sorta smacks of those silly NFL one-day contracts that let players "retire" with a favorite team. Maybe there's some pension or alumni stuff involved, but to most fans your "last" team is the last one on your football card/player/register/whatever.