11.   First of all, when you trade a player like that, the bonuses in his contract are accelerated.

12.   Fleury considered it an innocent request, but one Calgary columnist demanded the player be traded.

13.   Fort said if owners get in a financial jam, they could always negotiate another contract or trade the players.

14.   Further, he has resisted trading players in the middle of a season.

15.   Generally, when you want to do that, you trade younger players for established major league players.

16.   Griffey suggested the Mariners simply blow up their new ballpark if they trade certain players.

17.   He was ribbed by Oakley, the player he was traded for two years ago, before the game.

18.   He will trade other players, he added, but not on a wholesale basis.

19.   Houston made a bold move by trading four players to get Charles Barkley.

20.   If he is building for the future by trading star players during the season, how can he expect McKeon to win?