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1980
The Cardinals make their 3rd major trade, sending the recently acquired Rollie Fingers, C Ted Simmons, and P Pete Vuckovich to the Brewers in exchange for P Lary Sorensen, OF Sixto Lezcano, and minor leaguers OF David Green and P Dave LaPoint. Fingers and Vuckovich will win the American League Cy Young Award for the Brewers in 1981 and 1982, respectively.
And the Brewers would make the playoffs in 1981 and the World Series in 1982. Plus, Fingers and Simmons would appear at the very end of a Dire Straits video. Not Direr Straits as they are identified in this YouTube video.
1924
The Senators pick up 35-year-old Stanley Coveleski from Cleveland in exchange for Byron Speece and Carr Smith. Coveleski, a future Hall of Famer, will go 20–5 and lead the American League in ERA.
Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium in South Bend? Named after this Stanley Coveleski.
1922
Jake Ruppert agrees to buy out his partner Colonel Huston and gains full control of the Yankees.
Ruppert owned a brewery during prohibition, but made most of his money from real estate. A lot of his money came from picking up Manhattan real estate at bargain prices during the Great Depression.
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