December 10, 1971
On this day, the New York Mets traded Nolan Ryan to the California Angels for 3B Jim Fregosi. Fregosi was an All-Star in six of seven seasons between 1964 and 1970, but he never played more than 150 games for the Mets, and never had a decent season again.
Ryan would go on to strike out 5,714 batters in a Hall of Fame career while Fregosi hit .232 with five homers and 32 RBI in 1972.
The deal remains controversial, and has been cited as one of the worst in Mets history.
Yet somehow, Steve Phillips wasn't involved. Crazy.
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On this day, the New York Mets traded Nolan Ryan to the California Angels for 3B Jim Fregosi. Fregosi was an All-Star in six of seven seasons between 1964 and 1970, but he never played more than 150 games for the Mets, and never had a decent season again.Ryan would go on to strike out 5,714 batters in a Hall of Fame career while Fregosi hit .232 with five homers and 32 RBI in 1972.
The deal remains controversial, and has been cited as one of the worst in Mets history.
Yet somehow, Steve Phillips wasn't involved. Crazy.
(Join us every morning at 9am ET for a brief look into sports nostalgia. It'll make you appear smarter than you really are at work. Promise. Heck, while you're at it, subscribe to our RSS feed to get these updates delivered directly to you.)
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truegrich.blogspot.com, December 10, 2009 05:12 PM
Fregosi 's biggest contributions as an Angel came as a manager when he guided the Angels to their first division title in 1979.
Fresh Jive, December 10, 2009 11:12 AM
And then, more than twenty years later, Ryan gave us the gift that keeps on giving when he demolished Robin Ventura on camera.
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Even though they already had elastic around the ankles, Mitch Webster still insisted on tight rolling his baseball pants.
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