[Mick]

Most oddball trade. The slang is "I'd trade (underperforming player) for a bag of potato chips/some baseball bats/other inanimate object)."

Here's a few oddball trades:

- Future HoF pitcher Lefty Grove was traded for an outfield fence when he was 20 years old. A storm destroyed an outfield fence, so the Martinsburg Mountaineers traded Grove for a repaired fence (would have cost $3,500 to fix).
- Catcher Cliff Dapper (17 MLB ABs) was traded by the Dodgers for Ernie Harwell, the broadcaster.
- Blue Moon Odom was traded from the Calgary Vipers in 2008 to the Laredo Broncos for 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats (24-inch). They auctioned the bats off for charity for $10,000.
- When 42 year old Dave Winfield was traded by the Twins to the Indians for a player to be named later, Winfield never actually played (because of the 1994 players strike)...so to settle the transaction, the Cleveland executives picked up a $100 dinner tab.
- Tim Fortugno was traded by the Brewers to the Angles for 12 dozen baseballs (worth $25k). He pitched 14 games for the Angels, then 25 for the Reds and 37 for the White Sox.

And here's my favorite...Jack Fenton, born in Oakland and attended Oakland Tech, played for the Oakland Oaks for six seasons, then was (conventionally) traded to Portland for a season, then to Atlanta and Memphis. Memphis then traded Fenton to the San Francisco Seals for a bag of prunes. Highly valued are prunes in Memphis, TN, no doubt. Charlie Graham (former SCU catcher) was in charge of business for the Seals in the Great Depression, and had to make ends meet any way possible. Hence, the prunes for Fenton trade.

Here's the funny part. Fenton'd hit .280 in the South in A Ball as a bench warmer, playing just 68 games between the two teams, after 175 games for Portland. But in two seasons in San Francisco, Fenton batted .305 with 351 hits, 52 doubles, six triples and 10 home runs. It was a good team with 19 year old Joe Dimaggio and 12 other players who reached the majors. Fenton had the second most HRs on the team behind DiMaggio.

[Mick]

Most oddball trade. The slang is "I'd trade (underperforming player) for a bag of potato chips/some baseball bats/other inanimate object)."

Here's a few oddball trades:

- Future HoF pitcher Lefty Grove was traded for an outfield fence when he was 20 years old. A storm destroyed an outfield fence, so the Martinsburg Mountaineers traded Grove for a repaired fence (would have cost $3,500 to fix).
- Catcher Cliff Dapper (17 MLB ABs) was traded by the Dodgers for Ernie Harwell, the broadcaster.
- Blue Moon Odom was traded from the Calgary Vipers in 2008 to the Laredo Broncos for 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats (24-inch). They auctioned the bats off for charity for $10,000.
- When 42 year old Dave Winfield was traded by the Twins to the Indians for a player to be named later, Winfield never actually played (because of the 1994 players strike)...so to settle the transaction, the Cleveland executives picked up a $100 dinner tab.
- Tim Fortugno was traded by the Brewers to the Angles for 12 dozen baseballs (worth $25k). He pitched 14 games for the Angels, then 25 for the Reds and 37 for the White Sox.

And here's my favorite...Jack Fenton, born in Oakland and attended Oakland Tech, played for the Oakland Oaks for six seasons, then was (conventionally) traded to Portland for a season, then to Atlanta and Memphis. Memphis then traded Fenton to the San Francisco Seals for a bag of prunes. Highly valued are prunes in Memphis, TN, no doubt. Charlie Graham (former SCU catcher) was in charge of business for the Seals in the Great Depression, and had to make ends meet any way possible. Hence, the prunes for Fenton trade.

Here's the funny part. Fenton'd hit .280 in the South in A Ball as a bench warmer, playing just 68 games between the two teams, after 175 games for Portland. But in two seasons in San Francisco, Fenton batted .305 with 351 hits, 52 doubles, six triples and 10 home runs. It was a good team with 19 year old Joe Dimaggio and 12 other players who reached the majors. Fenton had the second most HRs on the team behind DiMaggio.