Comments on: The only baseball player ever traded for a fence http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/06/the-only-baseball-player-ever-traded-for-a-fence.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gloomy Guides. » Fan’s take: Did the Philadelphia Phillies make the worst trade in history? http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/06/the-only-baseball-player-ever-traded-for-a-fence.html#comment-243352 Gloomy Guides. » Fan’s take: Did the Philadelphia Phillies make the worst trade in history? Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:52:36 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/?p=6330#comment-243352 [...] That worst trade notion, of course, is a matter that fascinates baseball fans, and everybody has a favorite worst, even fictional film characters. In “Bull Durham,” for example, Annie Savoy re-damns moving Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas. Phillies fans often cite trading away Ryan Sandberg or Julio Franco, and Red Sox fans still whine about losing Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson. Weirdly, though, few cite the true worst moves: Cy Young for $300 and a suit of clothes and Lefty Grove for the cost of an outfield fence (about $3,500 at the time). [...]

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