Baseball’s trading deadline has come and gone, and now it’s a two-month mad dash to the finish line. Perfect opportunity to catch up on a few sports items:

The Red Sox trading shortstop Jose Iglesias for the White Sox’s Jake Peavy is a great deal. Iglesias, while awesome to watch defensively, isn’t going to hit a lick in the pros, the Red Sox need pitching in their race with the Tampa Bay Rays, and it makes way for top prospect Xander Bogaerts to slide into the shortstop position when he’s ready sometime next year.

…Is there any doubt that if Bogaerts was a Goodboy his nickname would be “Humphrey”? Calling Dr. Obvious. Me? I’d nickname him Xanadu.

Include me among those like John Farrell who feels that Major Leage Baseball needs to get into the 21st centure and start allowing extended replay throughout the bvaseball season. That blown call at Monday night’s game was a travesty, and there’s no excuse for close calls at home plate to be reviewed by the umps so they get it right.

How do you make a totally-inconsequential and superflous sporting event like the Pro Bowl look ridiculious? Easy, you just scramble the rosters.

Rest in peace, George “Boomer” Scott. You were one of my “Impossible Dream” team faves.

Uh oh, Tiger. Might want to put any wedding thoughts you might have had about Lindsey Vonn away.

What can happen when you’re a baseball player making millions of dollars and choose as your wife an Atlanta stripper? This.

If this is true it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, and I give MLB credit for its good judge of character.