Some trade deadline. Seen more movement in a three-toed sloth
race. Maybe the word deadline was lost on the GMs this year.
The Dodgers, who left all of baseball trembling last year with a
series of audacious trades, were oddly silent. Unless you count
that Earth-shattering, last-second deal to acquire Drew Butera.
What, no bells go off? He was a triple-A catcher for the
Minnesota Twins. Currently batting .229 for the Rochester Red
Wings. Also, he’s 29.  Fear not, Dodgers faithful, the deadline
still was not completely devoid of intrigue. The most
significant deadline deal Wednesday was the Arizona Diamondbacks
sending right-hander Ian Kennedy to the San Diego Padres.  This
creates an interesting situation for Dodgers fans, which now
have two of the three players they most despise in the baseball
universe on a single team – Kennedy and Carlos Quentin. The
third is Brian Wilson, but slinging venom his way is going to be
a bit more difficult.  But the Padres? In a game head-throwing
Kennedy and clavicle-shatte