By eyleenn (38.99.44.122) on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 10:13 am:

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081222&content_id=3725976&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak


Here's a rumor I just heard: Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Furcal to the A's for Crosby and Matt Holliday. Any way that could happen?
-- Andy P., Scottsdale, Ariz.

For one thing, I'd love to hear where you heard that rumor. I haven't seen it anywhere. Could it happen? If the Dodgers offered that deal to Beane and he didn't take it, I'd be stunned. Kershaw is a legit top-of-the-rotation prospect, and Kemp is a 25-year-old power-hitting outfielder who bats right-handed.

So what the A's would be getting is what they wanted in the first place (Furcal over Crosby), and more than they'd probably get for Holliday in a midseason trade or in compensatory Draft picks. No-brainer.