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2001
The Mets obtain slugging 1B Mo Vaughn from the Angels in exchange for their #2 starter Kevin Appier. Vaughn did not play a game in 2001 due to injuries.
Vaughn played two years with the Mets (one good, one bad) before leaving baseball. Appier spent a season and a half with the Angels (and was part of the World Series Champions in 2002) before being traded to Kansas City for parts of two seasons. Appier pitched in ten games for the Tacoma Rainiers last season.
1984
Free-agent pitcher Ed Whitson, 14–8 for the Padres, begins a nightmarish association with the Yankees by signing a 5-year, $4.4 million contract.
Nightmarish? How so? Let Wikipedia explain:
Ed Whitson was a Yankee for all of 2 seasons, but is best remembered for his fight with then-manager Billy Martin. On September 22, 1985, while at a hotel bar in Baltimore, Maryland, he broke Martin's arm after a headed argument that spread to other parts of the hotel. Whitson's Yankee tenure was also memorable for constantly being heckled and booed during home games. This took place because he was a high price free agent signing that under-performed in the eyes of Yankee fans and the New York media. Also, the loyal Yankee fans sided with Martin over the brawl, and even blamed him for Martin's firing at season's end. Matter of fact, towards the end of Whitson's time in the big apple, he would only pitch road games because of the relentless jeering by his home fans.
Wow. Just. Wow.
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