Let the Trading Begin!

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When we last met Mike Cameron, he was smashing his face into Carlos Beltran. Fortunately both men are OK, although that did prove to be Mike's final game in a Mets' uniform.

And now Mike's being sent back to the scene of his face-smashing - San Diego - for some dude named Xavier Nady.

This is one of those preliminary salary-dumping trades that will allow the Mets to go ape-shit purchasing over-rated free agents well past their primes. Or, if I'm feeling more hopeful, they're building a championship team.

Manny Ramirez is widely regarded as the primary target of Mets GM Omar Minaya's wooing this off-season. Manny's a great player, grew up in Washington Heights, and is quirky as hell. More than one journalist has pondered how being back home will affect his playing.

I would like someone to explain to me how these journalistic assumptions - Manny will be hangin' with his homies, mixing up with the wrong (read: Dominican) crowd - aren't racist.