21.   The Rangers and Marlins had talked trade in late July, and Rangers officials said Florida asked for Heredia and Class-A outfielder Andrew Vessel.

22.   Then all the teams can start talking trades.

23.   They are talking trade with Baltimore to make a defensive pick.

24.   Thus, when the Texans talk trade this weekend they will do it without the desperation of previous expansion teams.

25.   Wheatley, whose representatives talked trade with the Giants four weeks ago, is needed again.

26.   When Green Bay dropped out of the Rison race, Pack General Manager Ron Wolf started talking trade with Miami about Ingram.

27.   When other GMs around the league want to talk trade with the Mavs, they call Grant.

28.   When it comes time to talk trade in Tokyo, Clinton should enlist Hashimoto in working toward giving the WTO broader jurisdiction over claims of unfairly restricted competition.

29.   When talking trades, some say he tries to push his opinions too hard.

30.   With the major league trading deadline coming up this afternoon, the Mariners and the Montreal Expos spent yesterday talking trade.