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| 1977 | Dave Kingman, joining his fifth team this year, signs as a free agent with the Cubs. Sky King, put on waivers in September by the Padres after a midseason trade with the Mets, was selected by the Angels, who dealt the much-traveled slugger to the Yankees a week later. |
| 2007 |
In exchange for fly chaser Ryan Church and catcher Brian Schneider, the Mets trade highly-touted prospect Lastings Milledge to the Nationals. Although the transaction helps New York fill its immediate needs behind the plate and the outfield, the trade favors Washington due to Milledge's perceived potential.
(Ed. Note: After spending unsuccessful seasons with the Nationals, Pirates, and White Sox, the outgoing outfielder ends his six-year major league career with a.269 batting average before signing with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's Central League. LP) |
| 2009 |
Sports Illustrated names Derek Jeter as its Sportsman of the Year, making the 'Captain' the first Yankee honored by the magazine. The other baseball recipients to win the award, given annually since SI's inception in 1954, includes Johnny Podres (Dodgers - 1955), Stan Musial (Cardinals - 1957), Sandy Koufax (Dodgers - 1965), Tom Seaver (Mets - 1969), Pete Rose (Reds - 1975), Orel Hershiser (Dodgers - 1988), Cal Ripken Jr. (Orioles - 1995), Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa (Cardinals, Cubs - 1998), Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling (Diamondbacks - 2001), and the entire Red Sox team (2004).
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