CHICAGO — So how did Theo Epstein and his subordinate Jed Hoyer do at their first trade deadline with the Chicago Cubs? Despite spending most of their time trying to accommodate a trade request by Ryan Dempster, not too bad. In a deadline-beating trade Tuesday afternoon, the Cubs sent Dempster to the Texas Rangers for a pair of Class A minor leaguers. As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Cubs got Kyle Hendricks, a 22-year-old right-handed pitcher , and Christian Villanueva, a 21-year-old third baseman . Dempster had wanted a trade to the Dodgers, and used his 10-and-five veto power to nix a trade with Atlanta, reportedly his second choice, after the Cubs failed to agree with Los Angeles. The Cubs kept trying with the Dodgers, and also engaged the Yankees, in an effort over the past few agonizing days to move Dempster somewhere before he filed for free agency. But the Rangers, who also tried to get Matt Garza from the Cubs (as Yahoo! Sports' own Tim Brown noted), won in the end. And Dempster got his wish. Finally. Sort of. Not everything was about him, though. The Cubs also made a pair of deals late Monday, one of which looks extremely promising : Getting...