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11/29/2004 9:59 AM ET
Let's make some deals
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 John Schlegel

St. Louis would be the best destination for Randy Johnson. (Ben Margot/AP)

So everybody was out of the office for the Thanksgiving weekend, eh?

Even baseball's general managers -- most of whom work 24/7 through the season and then really get to work in the offseason -- took a day or two over the weekend. Good. Let them enjoy the turkey-sandwich season while giving the Hot Stove a rest.

All the better. While they about to wake from their tryptophan slumber, it's as good a time as any to play with our Junior GM Chemistry Set and make some trades.

You know, a little of this for a little of that, pure experimentation. No, they don't count. But since we have the luxury of not caring what the fallout might be, it's easy and fun.

The Big Three? Kablooey. Big Unit? Say bye to BOB. Sammy Sosa? Corked as a Cub.

We'll hit 'em all with reckless abandon -- but at least with a little bit of an educated guess. Our MLB.com correspondents helped with some brainstorming and some of these have been out there awhile, but let's see what we can cook up while the chefs aren't looking.

Here are just a few trades that should, could or perhaps never would be made this coming winter: