[NU Sports] column I wrote on a famous Chicago trade

[Mike Nolan]

> Thought you folks would be interested in this:
> 
> http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/columns/story?id=6053505
> 
> And the accompanying TV piece is to air this Sunday on Baseball Tonight, Noon & 7p Eastern on ESPN.

I'm never been completely convinced it was the worst trade in 
baseball history, though it would make most top 10 lists.

(The strangest trade may have been the one back in the 20's between,
I believe, the Dodgers and the Giants, in which a player was sent 
from one team to the other with no compensation whatsoever, and it 
was said that both teams were improved.)

But the Cubbies have had their share of good trades, too, like
the throw-in player in a trade with the Phillies, a kid named 
Ryne Sandberg.  
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Mike Nolan

BTW, if you're listing Cubs curses, don't forget the cat in 1969.