Now Jon Heyman at SI.com says Manny was traded to LA.  Nobody else has reported this yet.  Matt Kemp?

Now Fox says after a late push nothing happened.  Its 4:23, if something did happen then we will find out in the next few minutes.  Nevertheless, a full report will be coming within a couple of hours explaining why, or why not.

FOX now has changed their headline from “Dead” to “It’s Alive”.  Rosenthal only mentions that the trade may be “back on”.  Peter Gammons just said on ESPNnews (TV) that they may be bringing Tampa into the discussion. I am totally going nuts right now… 2 minutes to deadline.

According to Fox and ESPN, the deal for Manny Ramirez may be dead due to Pittsburgh wanting more for Jason Bay.  However, like Ken Rosenthal said, these deals have a tendancy to revive themselves in a hurry.  Maybe the Marlins and the Red Sox will drop Pittsburgh from the discussion?  I don’t think that this deal is totally “dead”, but [...]

First reported by Jon Heyman with SI.com.  THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE DEAL IS DONE.  But we’re damn close…

Welcome to Miami Gardens, Arthur.  Today, the Marlins have traded pitching prospect Gaby Hernandez to Seattle for 17 year veteran Arthur Rhodes.  Rhodes is a 39 year old lefty reliever who has been enjoying a great season up in the Pacific Northwest: 2.86 era, 1.36 WHIP in 36 appearances.  Keep in mind that those 36 appearances are unnaturally low, Seattle [...]

So this Manny thing might have some wheels… now ESPN.com’s Buster Olney and FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal are reporting that the Marlins are in “serious discussions” with Boston over Manny for two or three players in return, either Hermida or Willingham “plus pitchers”.  Hmmm… Seems like Senor Berardino over at Sun-Sentinel.com largely agrees with my opinion of the situation, and expounds on [...]

According to SI.com, our very own low-budget Marlins may have actually contacted the Sox about disgruntled superstar Manny Ramirez.  Now pick your jaw up off the floor and keep reading… Apparently the deal would be Hermida plus wayward prospect and Josh Hamilton protege Jeff Allison for Manny (sorry about the Josh Hamilton/drug use reference, that was kinda low… but still funny).  Obviously, since Mr. [...]