We are 16 days shy of the Winter Meetings, which probably used to be a lot more fun when deals were done under the influence of tall bourbon pours and cigar smoke in the seedy recesses of a hotel bar. I’m not sure how the following 1977 trade went down, but I like to think a few rounds of drinks were involved.
- The Pirates needed pitching and outfield help but needed to get creative to do so. They knew the Mets were willing partners because New York had traded Tom Seaver to the Reds four months earlier for Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman, and Pat Zachry.