SPLINTERS trade S Finley, D Bautista, J Bagwell, and A Everett to STONES for A Kearns, J Patterson, JJ Hardy, and D Kelton.

SPLINTERS activate C Capuano, G Matthews, JT Snow, and C Utley.

STONES reserve R Simon, D Cruz, T Long, and B Hall.

PICTS reserve D Ward, activate J Michaels.

DOORMATTS reserve T Smith, activate A Harang.

DOORMATTS reserve C Ransom, activate W Helms.

BY KENNEN trade S Green, K Wells, and M Lamb to LAMBCHOPS for C Tracy, AJ Burnett, and R Mateo.

BY KENNEN activate JJ Davis and AJ Burnett.

LAMBCHOPS reserve T Hollandsworth and J Witasick.

COPPERFIELDS reserve M Remlinger, activate G Maddux.

COPPERFIELDS claim W Betemit on waivers, reserve him, waive G Colbrunn.

COPPERFIELDS claim A Telemaco on waivers, reserve him, waive T Borland.

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE call G White (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, waive A Almanza.

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE reserve V Santos, activate D Weathers.

LAMBCHOPS reserve R Bottalico, activate M Adams.

PICTS call T Olson (.05) from the Free Agent Pool, waive N Perez.

PICTS reserve M Hampton, activate R Cormier.

RUFFINS call C Thomas (.06) from the Free Agent Pool, reserve him, waive T Linden.

RUFFINS reserve K Ishii, activate J Thomson.

DOORMATTS reserve W Miller, activate M Stanton.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve X Nady, activate R Alomar.

STONES reserve W Franklin, activate J Peavy.

STONES reserve A Everett, activate B Larkin.

DEM REBELS reserve O Perez, activate S Eyre.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day holiday. In between the picnics and parties and fireworks, be sure to take a few minutes and remember what the day is really about.

I've had a couple questions about what's allowed when it comes to roster moves and the salary cap in terms of trades. Here are some key points related to these issues, copied from a report posted last year about this time:

If you trade a hitter for a pitcher, you ARE allowed to activate a hitter from your reserve list to replace the guy you traded away. Likewise, you MUST reserve a pitcher to make room for the guy you acquired (unless you want to put the new pitcher on reserve himself). The same type of thing holds true if you trade a catcher for a shortstop.

You are NOT allowed to make additional moves that aren’t related to the trade. For example, if I trade Adam Eaton for Barry Bonds, I can reserve Wily Mo Pena (to make room for Bonds) and activate Jim Brower (to replace Eaton). But I can’t also reserve Todd Jones and activate Todd Van Poppel – neither one of those guys had anything to do with the trade. Making a trade doesn’t give you the chance to do other roster shuffling.

You are NOT allowed to shuffle your roster around to fit the new guys you acquired under the salary cap. If you acquire three .25 pitchers in a trade and their salaries put you over the current salary cap, you’ll have to put one or two of them on reserve until the next transaction deadline and do your roster shuffling there. This doesn’t mean you can’t reserve a .30 pitcher and put one of the new .25 players in his spot. It means you can’t reserve a .30 outfielder and replace him with a .01 outfielder in order to get your salary cap down – as in the example above, the outfielders weren’t involved in the trade.

Record Book

Week Ending 7/3:  The Stones and Copperfields both broke the previous record for Total Bases in a week (158), which had been set by the Reservoir Dogs a year ago this week.  The Stones set the new mark at 195, shattering the old record by 37 bases.

The Stones fell on Run Scored short of tying the old weekly mark.