Now that the excitement of the trade deadline has passed -- with all the news seeming to come in the hour after the actual deadline expired -- it's time to take a look around the World of the Web to see what others are saying.
Sure, Bauxites had plenty to say immediately following the flurry of non-Unit moves. But of course, so did newspaper writers in the home cities of the teams most affected. Here's a starting sample.
Note: Though it would seem the immediacy of the Web would allow news to be posted well in advance, many newspaper Web sites still follow, more or less, the dictates of their press run. So even in the tidal wave of opinion that accompanied The Nomar Trade [tm], for instance, by 12:15 a.m. Eastern Time Sunday morning, both the Boston Globe and Chicago Sun-Times Web sites carried only the AP wire stories with minor changes to the headline and lead.
Not so for their competitors.
Boston Herald
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Red Sox deal Nomar in a defensive move: GM Epstein hopes infield strengthened
Fans express remorse: Sad to see Nomar gone
Star bids farewell to fans
Theo takes a gamble: Trade will put Sox GM on the hook
Mientkiewicz starts fresh
Chicago Tribune
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Nomar, no less
Garciaparra gets an A+
With Nomar, Cubs could really set sail (Rick Morrissey)
As good as a trade gets (Phil Rogers)
Cubs' heist: It's a great hit-and-run (Mike Downey)
More to come ... please add additional news, feature and columnist links you know about from these and other affected cities like Miami, Los Angeles and Phoenix -- and of course, your comments and feedback on the columns and articles themselves.
No Toronto papers are represented in this thread, as tomorrow's usual Roundup will cover any applicable stories, should they appear.
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