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Winners and losers at the time that were short-lived

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

As baseball's general managers rush to fulfill their trade deadline agendas by 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, we can count on one time-honored sports journalism tradition Friday: Analysts for newspapers and Internet sites will lump the "winners" in one category and the "losers" in the other. But as recent history shows, knee-jerk assessments can be a risky proposition. Sometimes it takes until the end of the season or longer to determine how deals really shook out. In this week's edition of Starting 9 ...

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