Maddux and Man-Ram

It's late so I don't have to time to write much...but it looks like Maddux has been traded to the Dodgers.

Via si.com (Jon Heyman)...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have re-acquired Cooperstown-bound righthander Greg Maddux in a trade with the Padres, SI.com has confirmed.

This marks the second time Dodgers GM Ned Colletti has acquired Maddux in a mid-season trade. In 2006, Maddux went 6-3 after going to the Dodgers and helped lead them into the playoffs. Colletti is hoping for similar results this time around.

Maddux, 6-9 with a 3.99 ERA for the last-place Padres, cleared waivers earlier in the month. The San Diego resident, who also has kept a home up the coast in Dana Point, about 60 miles southwest of Dodger Stadium, approved a trade only to Los Angeles. The lifetime 353-game winner bolsters a rotation that just lost Brad Penny to the disabled list last week.

The Dodgers made a major move to improve the offense minutes before the July 31 trade deadline when they acquired Manny Ramirez from the Red Sox. Like Maddux, Ramirez will wind up in Cooperstown someday.

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks have been basically in a dead heat in their battle for the NL West division crown. The Los Angeles Times first reported that Maddux was headed back to Los Angeles on Monday night.