Big whoop

So the Brewers trade for C.C. Sabathia, who since he's gotten so big for his britches now wants to be known as CC, sans the periods.

Who cares? The Cubs one-upped the Brewers the next day, trading for A's pitcher Rich Harden, arguably the best pitcher in the American League at the time, even better than Sabathia.

What's nice is that Harden is under the Cubs control through the '09 season while Sabathia has said he's going to test the free-agent market after this season. I hope Brewers fans don't get too caught up in "CC mania." Ah, what the heck -- go ahead. It won't do any good anyway.

The Cubs got rid of a couple of turds in the process -- Matt Murton and Eric Patterson (Corey's brother). They also traded pitcher Sean Gallagher, the key to the trade for the A's. Can't blame them. I think Gallagher's going to be something special within a couple of years.

But if Harden leads the Cubs to the promised land, Gallagher will just be an afterthought when all is said and done. And the Brewers will be lamenting the guy that got away, promising young slugger Matt LaPorta.

Wouldn't want it any other way.

Harden photo courtesy Getty Images