Trades to be Thankful For

by gimpsta7 on Nov 26, 2008 9:06 PM EST Comment 4 comments

This Thanksgiving I want to open a thread to commemorate the trades that we loved, or the rumors that we would have hated and are thankful never became trades.

I have two trades: one I am eternally thankful for, and one I am equally as thankful didnt happen.

We Made: Babe Ruth to the Yankees/ Jock Strap to the Red Sox. This will go down as the greatest trade in sports history for all time. So I am thankful to God, the Yankees, and the dumb BoSox for making this a reality.

We Avoided: Once upon a time, Joe DiMaggio was almost traded for Ted Williams in a straight swap. Although Teddy Ballgame is a great hitter, Joey D is the greatest baseball player that ever lived (in my humble opinion). Who knows what would have changed if this trade had gone through, but I am Thankful that I only have to speculate.

Please by all means make your references modern, but I just thought these two were the most important.

Happy Thanksgiving: and this year, as always, I am thankful to be a Yankee fan

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Happy Thankgiving!

I will add the most important one that catapulted us to our most recent string of championships.

We made: Roberto Kelly to the Reds for Paul O’Neill.

I remember being a big fan of Roberto’s at the time, and mad at the Yankees for doing this. I knew he was declining, but I still don’t like to see my favorite Yankees go. Little did I know that in return, we would get a stallion that would give this franchise every last drop he had in the tank to win.

by bronxbound on Nov 27, 2008 11:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs