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Now THAT Is a Trade.
« on: May 14, 2007, 02:22:27 pm »
December 8, 1977:
The Texas Rangers trade Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Atlanta Braves trade Willie Montanez to the New York Mets.
The Texas Rangers trade Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves.
The Texas Rangers trade a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets.
The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Texas Rangers trade Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

They don't make trades like this anymore.
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2007, 02:30:33 pm »
For those of you scoring at home, that's 11 players and 4 teams.

How much Advil would it take to work through something like that on the phone?
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2007, 02:32:55 pm »
Quote from: Waldo on May 14, 2007, 02:30:33 pm
For those of you scoring at home, that's 11 players and 4 teams.

How much Advil would it take to work through something like that on the phone?

shit. todd does 4-6 of those every day.
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2007, 02:34:15 pm »
Quote from: Alkie on May 14, 2007, 02:22:27 pm
December 8, 1977:
The Texas Rangers trade Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Atlanta Braves trade Willie Montanez to the New York Mets.
The Texas Rangers trade Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs , and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves.
The Texas Rangers trade a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets.
The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Texas Rangers trade Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

They don't make trades like this anymore.

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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2007, 02:34:44 pm »
Quote from: Alkie on May 14, 2007, 02:22:27 pm
December 8, 1977:
The Texas Rangers trade Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Atlanta Braves trade Willie Montanez to the New York Mets.
The Texas Rangers trade Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves.
The Texas Rangers trade a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets.
The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Texas Rangers trade Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

They don't make trades like this anymore.

Ahhhh, the good old Texas Rangers.  Good to see that even back in the day they had their head up their ass regarding pitching.

Blyleven in 1977--#2 in the AL in ERA, #1 in the AL in WHIP, Top 10 in strikeouts, Top 10 in CG, Top 10 in Shutouts.

And he was only 26.

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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2007, 02:35:05 pm »
Quote from: Alkie on May 14, 2007, 02:22:27 pm
December 8, 1977:
The Texas Rangers trade Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Atlanta Braves trade Willie Montanez to the New York Mets.
The Texas Rangers trade Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves.
The Texas Rangers trade a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets.
The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers.
The New York Mets trade John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Texas Rangers trade Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

They don't make trades like this anymore.

Gone are the days of GM's like Frank "Trader" Lane, who'd acquire a player in the morning and might trade him that afternoon!
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2007, 02:47:44 pm »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on May 14, 2007, 02:35:05 pm
Gone are the days of GM's like Frank "Trader" Lane, who'd acquire a player in the morning and might trade him that afternoon!

Who was the guy, catcher I think, who was once traded for himself (as a PTBNL)?
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2007, 03:25:18 pm »
Quote from: Reuben on May 14, 2007, 02:47:44 pm
Who was the guy, catcher I think, who was once traded for himself (as a PTBNL)?

Harry Chiti, 1962.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2007, 03:31:42 pm »
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2007, 05:15:33 pm »
Quote from: HurricaneDavid on May 14, 2007, 03:25:18 pm
Harry Chiti, 1962.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml

I don't remember the story if he was that guy or not, but they way I heard it was that two GM's were friendly and hated an opposing team, so the one GM essentially lent his player to the other team by making a trade for a PTBNL and then getting him back after the stretch run was over. I believe b/c of this they changed the rules up a little bit.

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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2007, 06:41:09 pm »
my favorite trade story is one that did not happen: a deal was made of DiMaggio for Williams but the owners sobered up and called it off the next day. it would have helped both players, but the owners feared the fans' reactions.
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2007, 08:56:25 pm »
Quote from: Jim R on May 14, 2007, 06:41:09 pm
my favorite trade story is one that did not happen: a deal was made of DiMaggio for Williams but the owners sobered up and called it off the next day. it would have helped both players, but the owners feared the fans' reactions.

I've never heard that story. Do you recall what year that was? Obviously, Dimaggio was a little older, but Williams missed so much time representing our country in the service.
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
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Re: Now THAT Is a Trade.
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2007, 08:03:35 am »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on May 14, 2007, 08:56:25 pm
I've never heard that story. Do you recall what year that was? Obviously, Dimaggio was a little older, but Williams missed so much time representing our country in the service.

nope. i have read it in several books. probably pre-WWII. Yawkey and Webb, i think, but it could have been the other NYY owner.

a baseball historian friend says that the near-trade was in 1947.
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