Hold Your Horses

It looks like the Chicago media is leading the charge to trade Sosa. I guess making up news stories to hurt the President didn't work out so well they should try for smaller fish.

The report said the Cubs were "among the first teams to contact the Dodgers about acquiring Green," and that Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta and Cubs GM Jim Hendry "planned to pursue talks" during the general managers' meetings that begin Tuesday in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Hendry told the Chicago Tribune on Saturday that he has "not talked to Paul DePodesta about any trade since the July trading deadline."

A high-ranking Dodgers official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also said no such trade had been discussed. A Cubs official, also on the condition of anonymity, reiterated that his club, contrary to several published reports in recent weeks, are not actively looking to trade Sosa despite the star player's volatile relationship with manager Dusty Baker.

First Kerry's dreams were dashed, now a potential hot trade doesn't even appear to have been discussed at all. Not a good month for some in the Cubs blogger army.