Major League Baseball is pushing back this year's deadline to make trades without waivers by one day to Aug 1, wanting to avoid having players on the field during Sunday afternoon games as they are about to get dealt. The trade deadline is 4 p.m. EDT and July 31 falls on a Sunday this year, when there are six games starting just after 1 p.m. EDT, four more from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and another four from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. ''A Sunday trade deadline, given the way we play games on Sunday, didn't seem like it made the most sense, so we decided to move it the one day,'' Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday after owners approved the change at their quarterly meeting. More...