Trade: Walla Walla and River Cities

Dateline: River Cities, 10/14/08

-- Still basking in the glow of their first title River Cities has opened the trading season with a bang trading minor league starters Hai Elbert and Charles Olaughlin along with AAA shortstop Fred Smith to Walla Walla in return for Walla Walla's 1st and 2nd round picks in the upcoming amateur draft.
Reached at his newly constructed 'Victory Cottage' in Marietta, OH River Cities General Manager Nate Wooley said 'Hey, it's tough giving up those guys, especially a middle infielder of the quality of Smith but it's not like we don't have Edwards and my new best friend John Hukill. John, you OK? More mimosa?' Wooley went on to say that he's glad to be the one starting the trading off and hopes for more action in the near future.
Smith, when reached for comment at his home in Spokane, said 'It's good that I'll be getting closer to home where I can see my parents. I've missed them in Ohio. And honestly, was I EVER going to crack that lineup? I don't THINK so. I hope I'll get a chance to play regularly in Walla Walla.
Olaughlin and Elbert were silent on the trade.