Flotsam and Jetsam

I think the supposed pending trade between the A's and Pirates will actually be good for both sides. The A's would send Arthur Rhodes and Mark Redmond to the Pirates and the Pirates would send Jason Kendall (and probably at least $5 million in cash) to the A's. Kendall has the reliability and high OBP that Billy Beane loves and the Pirates have young bats but need pitching (and they need out from under Kendall's contract). Kendall's contract isn't so bad for the A's because they get out from Redmond's contract (they have young cheap arms who will easily replace his innings) and Rhodes just wasn't working in Oakland. I like the deal for both teams... Was the Cowboys / Bears the most excrutiating game to watch this year or what? That game definately needed more cowbell... Did you know that the song "Over the river and through the woods (to Grandmother's house we go)" is actually a Thanksgiving song? I did not know that. I also didn't know that the river in the song is actually the Mystic River right here in Massachusetts...