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Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera for Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin. Now THAT is a trade. Holy freaking crap. Sure, this put the Tigers in "Win Now" mode, but it does it EMPHATICALLY. And their lineup is now scarier than just about anything I can think of. The Marlins don't come off too poorly in the deal, either, because Miller and Maybin are both very good prospects.

Winter Meetings update from Dejan: Doogie is entertaining offers for Marte, as he should be. Also, the Pirates may have been targeting Franklin Gutierrez in the Bay talks with the Indians. That means it's probably a good thing Bay's staying put for now, because there's nothing about Guiterrez that jumps out at me, either.

This happened a couple days ago, but Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates at the turn of the last century and creator of the World Series, was elected into the Hall of Fame. Somehow, I don't think the owners at the turn of this century will be similarly honored 100 years from now.

The Bucs also may have signed Chris Gomez (I say may have because while the Trib is reporting it's done, the PG is reporting it's not in the article I linked to above) to a one year deal. I had no idea Gomez was still playing until we showed interest in him late last week. How much do you wanna bet he's going to join the illustrious list of players in the past five years that wore black and gold as their final uniform before hanging it up for good?

You may have noticed that earlier today the Nationals traded Jonathan Albaladejo to the Yankees for Tyler Clippard. If you're like me, Albaladejo's name may have rang some kind of bell in the depths of your memory, though you probably couldn't place it (I know I couldn't). Lucky for us, Charlie connects the dots. Dave Littlefield, screwing us from beyond the grave.