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What Was The All-Time Worst Sports Trade?
DirtyDog48
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Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the Yanks for cash? Mets trade Nolan Ryan to the Angels for Jim Fregosi? Both of those one-sided deals have been mentioned as the all-time worst sports trade...which front-office blunder ranks as your all-time worst trade?
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Cubs trade Lou Brock to the Cardinals for Ernie Broglio
Cardinals trade Steve Carlton to the Phillies for Rick Wise
Phillies trade Ryne Sandberg to the Cubs for Ivan DeJesus
Steve
how about the warriors trading robert parrish and i believe the 3rd pick in the draft (which became kevin mchale) to the celtics for the 1st and 2nd picks in the draft (who never amounted to much)
T.O. for a 6th rounder and a receiver that was cut after playing 6 games comes to mind.
"n it, Walker was dealt from a Dallas team that finished that season 1-15 to the Vikings for 12 players and draft choices. Those picks and subsequent deals provide the Cowboys with a nucleus that made them the most successful franchise of the '90s.
One of the choices, for example, was used to take Emmitt Smith, who has eclipsed Walker as a ballcarrier."
Hands down this is the biggest trade of all time. The Ruth deal wasn't a trade, just an outright sell of a contract.
Most "aggravating" trade - Phils traded 5 players for Von Hayes. This guy had one decent year for the Phils and I don't remember him ever having a game winning RBI the whole time he was there. In a needed clutch situation...he was an automatic out. Lots of other bad trades by the Phils - and it never seems to get better.
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On March 22, 1972 3B Danny Cater was traded by the New York Yankees, with a player to be named later, to the Boston Red Sox for Relief Pitcher Sparky Lyle. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade. Diehard Yankees and Boston fan know how this one turned out....by 1975 Danny Cater's career was over. Sparky Lyle won the Cy Young in 1977 on his way to winning the World Series with the Yankees.
Moses Malone from Philly for Jeff Ruland...
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Sandberg was actually a throw in on his trade as the main person the Cubs got, at the time, was Larry Bowa.
The Lakers traded Gail Goodrich to the Jazz for a No. 1 pick. Turned out to be Magic Johnson.
The Lakers also traded Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, David Meyers and Brian Winters for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Not bad either.
And Mac- Im old enough to remember that trade as well.
Hindsight is always 20/20.
Vikings trading away the farm for Herschel Walker to Dallas.
7 players for a dud!!! It tooks years to recover from that.
It now looks like the Vikes are finally getting a defense.
The Indians sell Manhattan for $29 worth of wampum.
New York goes on to host seven major sports teams.
And they didn't even get season tickets in the deal.
...but a gaming and smuggling license worth a beaver pelt or two.
Orioles send Curt Schilling Pete Harnish and Steve Finley
for Glen Davis
At least the worst Trade in Orioles history
buy or trade for them
<< <i>No hatchets...
...but a gaming and smuggling license worth a beaver pelt or two. >>
Even if they got some hatchets, the settlers already had guns.
Good traders the Dutch.