31.   The trade came one day after the Mariners demoted Fleming to Triple A Tacoma.

32.   The trade came three days after Nashville dealt captain Tom Fitzgerald to Chicago.

33.   The trade came a day after the NL Central-leading Cardinals got right-handed reliever Mike Timlin from Baltimore.

34.   The trade came the same day that the Diamondbacks showed free agent pitcher Randy Johnson around Bank One Ballpark.

35.   The trade would come two weeks after the Dodgers pulled off one of the biggest blockbuster deals in baseball history with the Florida Marlins.

36.   They said the trade came at too high a price.

37.   Analysts said they had anticipated the decline because January trade came on top of a high base in the same month last year.

38.   Most retail trade came to a standstill as MYC activisits in some towns forced shops to suspend business.