Cubs pressing for Rich Harden

As speculated in previous threads, the Cubs are officially after Rich Harden of the Oakland A's, and apparently have been for a month. Harden should be much more attainable than Sabathia based on performance alone, but A's GM Billy Beane is in a tough spot with his current situation. The A's were supposed to be rebuilding and not 5.5 games out of the AL-West lead. I can't imagine Beane thinks this team has what it takes to go on a tear and win the division, but Oakland has surprised teams in the past when it comes to August and September. Sean Gallagher and Sean Marshall have proven to be more than serviceable, which might help the Cubs at the end of the day. I can't imagine any deal for Harden wouldn't include Gallagher, Ronny Cedeno and Eric Patterson for starters. It will be interesting to see how things fold out over the next 3 weeks, but with Milwaukee's acquisition of Sabathia, you can bet the Cubs will be on the prowl.