Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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The trade deadline has officially passed and the commissioner's office is releasing the results, which will be tricking out over the next hour or so. The big news on a rather dull day for trades is the Chicago Cubs dealing Greg Maddux to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who also acquired shortstop Julio Lugo from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Other trades:
The New York Mets get: pitchers Roberto Hernandez and Oliver Perez from the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Xaiver Nady;
The Texas Rangers get: OF/1B/DH Matt Stairs from the Kansas City Royals for Triple-A reliever Joselo Diaz;
The San Diego Padres get: 2B Todd Walker, who will play 3B for the Pads, for 19-year-old pitcher Jose Cerda, who goes to the Cubs;
The Colorado Rockies get: pitchers Jeremy Affeldt and Denny Bautista from the Kansas City Royals for 1B Ryan Shealy and pitcher Scott Dohmann;
The Rangers get pitcher Kip Wells from the Pirates for Jesse Chavez;
The St. Louis Cardinals get pitcher Jorge Sosa from the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Rich Scalamandre;
The Yankees get OF/1B Craig Wilson from the Pirates for pitcher Shawn Chacon.
