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TMC
12-14-2023, 09:32 PM
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One of the Worst Trades (https://www.federalbaseball.com/2015/5/30/8689299/revisiting-one-of-the-early-candidates-for-worst-trade-of-the-century) in all of Baseball History helped lead to the Destruction (https://www.audacy.com/national/sports/worst-mlb-trades-cleveland-fleeces-montreal-for-coln) of the former Montreal Expos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Expos)... A trade (https://calltothepen.com/2020/04/02/montreal-expos-bartolo-colon-job-quite-nicely/) MLB wants fans to forget, as their involvement (https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/132624/on-this-date-the-lasting-impact-of-the-expos-trade-for-bartolo-colon) drained a Franchise of any future for nearly a decade to come.

Exploring the infamous trade made by GM (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/06/30/expos-minaya-is-no-caretaker-gm/4d4ddbce-95d1-471b-9fd2-e4a034f7a3d1/) Omar Minaya (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Minaya) that would haunt the Expos/Nationals for years.

TMC
01-21-2024, 05:11 AM
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Breaking down the June 2002 trade between Montréal and Cleveland that sent Bartolo Colon north of the border, and how it's still helping the Guardians today.