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ATLANTA -- With the non-waiver trade deadline only a day away, Sunday may be the final game for the rosters as currently constructed for the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. Air Max 1 Scontate .Both teams are considered sellers on the trade market and may be willing to listen to all reasonable offers, particularly if they bring prospects in return.They always ask you, Will you trade this guy? And I ask them, For who? Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said.The teams conclude their four-game series at Turner Field. The Phillies start right-hander Jerad Eickhoff (6-12, 3.83 ERA) against Atlantas Joel De La Cruz (0-3, 4.66).Atlanta general manager John Coppolella said he would not trade first baseman Freddie Freeman or pitcher Julio Teheran. Otherwise, anyone else is considered fair game.The Braves completed a trade Saturday, sending outfielder Hector Olivera to San Diego for outfielder and former NL MVP Matt Kemp, a right-handed hitter with 23 home runs.Weve been trying to find right-handed power from the start, Coppolella said. Hes somebody who can help us. We need to get back to winning games here. We think this guy can hit right behind Freddie Freeman, give us some power that we sorely lack and that hell be a good help to our team on the field and off the field.Atlanta has already moved some of its most tradable players. Last week, the Braves sent pitchers Lucas Harrell and Dario Alvarez to Texas in exchange for slugging infield prospect Travis Demeritte. In June, the club traded utility man Kelly Johnson to the Mets.The Braves may also be able to find a market from a contending team for right fielder Nick Markakis, infielder Gordon Beckham or right-handed reliever Jim Johnson. There appears to be little interest in catcher A.J. Pierzynski and shortstop Erick Aybar.The Phillies had not yet pulled the trigger on a deal, but they had showcased a pair of pitchers they might be willing to trade in this series. Vince Velasquez pitched Friday and Jeremy Hellickson worked Saturday. It is likely the Phillies would demand three or four highly valued young players in return.Texas is said to be particularly interested in Velasquez and had scouts on hand at Turner Field to watch him pitch Friday.Our whole goal is to get young pitchers because theyre the most expensive commodity and if you can develop young pitchers like (Velasquez and Hellickson) and have four or five or those guys youre ahead of the game, Mackanin said. But at the same time, Ill listen to any offers if you get three guys for him that are really good-looking prospects because pitching is such a commodity. Youve got to consider it.There were even rumors that Hellickson would be traded before Saturdays start.Who knows whats going to happen, Mackanin said. Its out of my control. (Hellickson) is a free agent at the end of the year. Hes a professional and he knows hes got to pitch well for the rest of the year no matter where hes at. Nike Air Max 1 Vendita . PETERSBURG, Fla. Nike Air Max 1 Italia . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. http://www.airmax1scontate.it/ . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The losses mount, now nine in a row to start the season.And as the Cleveland Browns losses add up, so do the questions about zero wins, and so does the pressure, and so does the negativity as the Browns face the reality that a loss in Baltimore on Thursday night would give them the worst start in team history.Trying to stay positive, left tackle Joe Thomas said. But its difficult.It is tough, cornerback?Joe Haden said. It is super-tough. We dont play these games to lose. We dont prepare during the week to lose. Nobody does.But now that Dallas has given the Browns loss No. 9, a 35-10 drubbing Sunday, the pressure to win the next game increases.Every loss that stacks up makes it tougher, Thomas said. In the end you try to remain positive and get yourself ready for a game, and the best way to do that is to remain positive. But it definitely gets harder every time you lose.An 0-9 start matches the teams worst. The last time it happened was 1975. One more loss and the Browns have the worst start in the teams 66-year history.Coach Hue Jackson has talked each week about the team improving and playing hard, but he knows that he needs to validate the talk -- and the work -- with a win.There is not going to be anything else, Jackson said. There are no other players that are going to walk in here. The first place I am going to look to is us as coaches and as leaders. Then we have to continue to keep getting our players better, make sure we putt them in the best situations that we can, and hopefully, we can make some of those plays down the stretch. Nike Air Max 1 Offerta. Players said its important to focus on each week as opposed to the record, but the longer the streak goes the more difficult that is to do.Already the Browns have set a team record by losing 12 in a row going back to last season.We really just have to stay together, safety Tracy Howard said.The best thing we can do is rally everybody on the team to keep fighting, not make excuses, show up each week and put our best effort forward to try and get our first W, guard John Greco said.Hey, we got to take the punches, linebacker Chris Kirksey said. Get back up and keep fighting. Thats life. Were not going 0-16. Were not going to go winless. Were going to win a game.We dont want to be the team with no wins at the end of the season, said cornerback Tramon Williams. Thats the motivation.Thomas said the team simply has to ignore the outside noise. But quarterback Josh McCown said last week that dealing with a winless record this late in the season is probably the hardest (challenge) a team can face.You cant look at the record or dwell on the losses, Thomas said. But it does get harder.We have to stand up, Haden said. We have to step up. It is us. There is nobody else that can do anything but the players on the field. ' ' '