Trade: River Cities and New York

Dateline: Marietta, OH --

In a move some predicted River Cities owner Nate Wooley has dealt off one of his prized possessions this afternoon, just hours before the trading deadline.

This time the big name involved in the deal is all star 1B Gregorio Marzano. Marzano is going to a New York team in he midst of a very competitive wild card race and will see action straightaway with New York.

In return for the 26-year-old slugger, who has a lifetime line of .297/.395/.467, the Sternwheelers receive a trio of prospects. Going to the confluence this time is the #14 overall prospect, first baseman Marcos Alcazar, the 21st overall prospect starting pitcher Michael Bernardo, and relief minor leaguer Michael Bing.

"With the acquisition of Amos earlier we determined that we had an opportunity to restock our farm system while realigning the team a bit", said River Cities owner Nate Wooley, reached in a secure bunker pinging life-sized photos of retired politicians with a BB gun. "Really, there's too much talent for us not to take the opportunity to do some minor league loading."

"WTF?", screamed Marzano, reached at his hotel room. "Payback's a bitch, man. He should never have dealt me within his own division. That's just disrespectful and I'm going to do everything I can to make him regret this!"

Amos, reached at his traditional furthest-from-the-postgame-spread locker, said only, "Awesome. Maybe I can get some playing time now."