There have been a lot of strange trades in the history of sports. Many football and basketball coaches were traded for draft picks or cash. Baseball players Tom Fortugno, John Odom and John Comstock were traded for playing equipment. Even baseball icon Cy Young was once traded for a new suit. But my favorite sports trade story involves a famous Reds radio announcer… and a cartoon character.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was a Walt Disney cartoon character that pre-dates Mickey. “Poor Papa” starring Oswald was Walt’s first major cartoon success in 1927. But Universal Studios and Walt could not agree on a compensation plan so he walked out on them (and Oswald) and created all those other characters at his own studio.