June 29, 200421 yr Linked here Question. How many times has a starter picked up in season helped his team win the World Series? Answer. Tom Zachary was picked up on waivers from the Washington Senators in August, 1928 by the New York Yankees. In October of that year, he won a start for the Yankees in the World Series. Since then only one pitcher has been traded in season to a World Series winner and also won a World Series start for his new team. That was Mike Torrez, who was traded to the Yankees from Oakland on April 27th, 1977. He went on to win two games of the 1977 Series including a complete-game clincher in Game 6. Oakland was 11-7 at the time of the trade. (Courtesy of Robert Tresca, Newton, Mass.) In the week when Keith Foulke was making up his mind between Oakland and Boston, Yankees GM Brian Cashman made one of the most significant pre-emptive strikes of the offseason. Cashman knew that the fallback plan for both his rivals was Tom Gordon, so he put the heat on Gordon to get him signed before the Foulke loser could move. Not only has Gordon turned out to be one of the game's most dominant setup men and one of the Yankees' most valuable players
June 29, 200421 yr Gordon is the guy that the Sox miss the most from last year... Yup, but sox had to let him go, he wanted WAY too much.
June 29, 200421 yr Author Yup, but sox had to let him go, he wanted WAY too much. Yeah, I'd rather finish second, again, they pay that kind of money. Imagine how sad it would be if we won the World Series, but had to shell out 85 or 90 mil in salary. I couldn't stand it. I'd probably be an Expos fan
June 29, 200421 yr we'd have the best 7-8-9 crew in MLB if we still had Gordon. I think that's worth the money. Only having to play 6 innings is huge!
June 29, 200421 yr Yeah, I'd rather finish second, again, they pay that kind of money. Imagine how sad it would be if we won the World Series, but had to shell out 85 or 90 mil in salary. I couldn't stand it. I'd probably be an Expos fan :finger What a nice world that would be if we could afford 90 mill. Maybe you should start donating?
June 29, 200421 yr Still anxious to see if Flash can stay healthy into October. He's always one hard yakker away from grabbing his arm in pain.
June 29, 200421 yr :fyou Peter Gammons! I do miss Flash though. I'll never forget his one big game against KC last year.
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