Saturday, April 14, 2007

I Forgive You Jackie Robinson

In one of the greatest one-sided trades in history, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded Jackie Robinson to their hated cross-town rivals, the New York Giants. Robinson was traded for Dick Littlefield and $35,000 in cash. The deal was nullified only a few weeks later when Robinson retired. He coulda been a Giant.

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  1. Looking at his career stats, it looks like Robinson was on the physical decline at the time of the trade. It's a good thing he didn't hang around too long.

    BTW, in 1949 Robinson hit .342 with 16 hr's and 124 rbis. That's about 30 more than his second-highest rbi total. Have you ever heard of somebody getting that many rbis with so few hr's?

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