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Deadline deals don't match the hype

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Well, the calendar says it's July. And you know what that means. No, not the long-awaited arrival of Agib Talib at Buccaneers camp. No, not even the long-awaited arrival of your beach chair on a big white stretch of sand. We mean, of course, it's trade-deadline month. A month in which you'll undoubtedly read more rumors than box scores. A month in which C.C. Sabathia is going to be a bigger topic of conversation than John McCain or Barack Obama. Baseball Toda ...

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