4:00 est trading deadline........

ok, so i was highly amused yesterday, watching the reds play the astros...that the commentators were keeping half-an-eye on the clock...........because at 4:00 est (edt?) trading between ballclubs was over for any player wanting to be elligible for postseason play................would the big unit stay put, or go to nyy?....................that was the big question..................this morning there was a little chart in the paper outlining trades that happened and an entire article discussing trades that did not happen, and why they did not happen, and what all that means for the substance of the game..............for the record, randy johnson stays in arizona, for now............but nomar g. from the redsox goes to the cubs............no word on whether any of the lousy redsox pitchers went elsewhere....and this funny aside.......a player who is going tot he redsox....from minnesota....played his last game with the twins friday........then changed uniforms and played aginst the twins saturday as a redsox...................watching baseball yesterday, and thinking about trading brought to mind the possibility for trading family members...............but wait......fox has already thought of that with their reality show....trading mommy....or some similarly silly name................ha!..........i may be mean, but it is for the private enjoyment/torment of this family, and this family only..............if i was traded out, even for a fantasy weekend, i could behave for the alloted time, baking cookies in high heels and a frilly apron......and tidy up a strangers house with a seriously sappy look on my face................the previews for ther fox show basically show the traded mommy raising all kinds of hell.................gentle readers...........yelling gets us nowhere...............whether it is fans screaming at the ump or their pitcher at a baseball game, the manager at his players, the owner berating the manager................i don't scream at home, so why scream elsewhere...................of course, if traded, my family may just come up with a screamer..................ha....that would give a whole new meaning to mean mamma..................