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Deadline deals have little impact

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Everybody's making trades. Or trying to make trades. Or talking about trades. In part, this is because -- in the absence of football and basketball -- we have a lot of spare time. But it's also because a lot of teams still have a shot -- theoretically, at least -- of getting into the postseason derby. And everybody with a shot thinks the right deal, done right around now, could put them over the top. But how often does that happen, really? To find out, I looked at every trade done from July 2 ...

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