By Jose M. Romero / @RomeroJoseM

Happy Labor Day, America. El Dia De Los Trabajadores. I give thanks to all the workers out there just trying to make it day by day.

This is a day of pride for Latinos. So many of us are hard workers; the work we do is crucial to the economy, and for that we can puff out our chests a little more on this day.

Sports is work, too. It takes dedication and skill and courage to play the games we love to watch.  The salaries go up and up, the owners get richer and richer, yet we are addicted. We love our favorite athletes and our favorite teams. We are like kids again when we see grown men acting like kids on the field or on the court.

Overall, professional athletes are overpaid. Just look at some of the big fat contracts out there. Alex Rodriguez. Kobe Bryant. Calvin Johnson. Cristiano Ronaldo. Lionel Messi. A lot of baseball players.

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By Ken Rosenthal/@Ken_Rosenthal

Courtesy of FOXSports.com

How’s this for a blockbuster?

Left fielder Carl Crawford to the Miami Marlins for either shortstop Jose Reyes or third baseman Hanley Ramirez, with other pieces and significant cash involved.

The Boston Red Sox are contacting teams to gauge their trade interest in Crawford, according to major-league sources.

No trade appears close. Such a deal would be difficult to accomplish, given the size of Crawford’s contract and his lingering elbow problems. But the first lesson of the July 31 non-waiver deadline is that nothing is impossible.

The Red Sox, sources said, reached out to both the Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers, though another source said that no discussions took place with the Dodgers. The Marlins, historically open to any possibility, would at least consider the idea, sources said.

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