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Ever wondered what an interactive map of every MLB trade in the past five years would look like? Probably not. But just in case...here it is.

Wrapping up Winter Meetings News: Signing Phillips, other notes.

A recap of the Tribe news on day 1 of the Winter Meetings.

Despite the nihilism (or is it crafty gamesmanship?) of the front office, we know the Reds are at least pretending at pursuing a Leadoffman - or, failing that, a coxswain. The player in question will have to man LF or SS, since those are really the only openings in the starting lineup at present .

For the Reds blogger or news junkie, these are hard times. With baseball's Winter Meetings upon us, I expected the "nothing is happening"/"probably nothing will happen" theme to abate, if only momentarily. But just this morning, John Fay dropped a blogpost entitled Jocketty doesn't expect to do much at Winter Meeings.