6, 1976, the Pirates sent infielder Art Howe to the Reds, completing the deal.) 12, 1975: The Cincinnati Reds traded second baseman Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. We’re delighted to get this much back in exchange for Garr and an unexciting infielder.ĭec. The actual deal included Larvell Blanks in place of Mason, but we see no reason why the White Sox wouldn’t have been okay with this. 12, 1975: The Atlanta Braves traded outfielder Ralph Garr and shortstop Jim Mason to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Ken Henderson and pitchers Dick Ruthven and Dan Osborn. Our Braves and Reds will swap a bit of young pitching depth for a bit of young infield depth.ĭec. Nov., 1975: The Atlanta Braves traded pitchers Pablo Torrealba and Mike Beard to the Cincinnati Reds for infielder-outfielder Ray Knight. The 1975-76 offseason: Deals we will invoke Our Braves already traded Lum to our Reds last year.Īpril 7, 1976: The Cincinnati Reds traded first baseman-outfielder Terry Crowley to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Mike Thompson. 12, 1975: The Atlanta Braves traded outfielder-first baseman Mike Lum to the Cincinnati Reds for infielder Darrel Chaney. We don’t have House, and aren’t especially interested in Moret anyway.ĭec. 12, 1975: The Atlanta Braves traded pitcher Tom House to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Roger Moret. The Hawk will be 35 in 1976, but he’s shown no signs of losing effectiveness. 11, 1975: The Cincinnati Reds traded pitcher Clay Carroll to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Rich Hinton and catcher Jeff Sovern. Rather than swap them off for minimal return, our Astros will take the chance that either or both will bounce back, as both appear fully capable of doing.ĭec. But neither of these trades accomplish much beyond just sending them away. 11, 1975: The Houston Astros traded third baseman Doug Rader to the San Diego Padres for pitchers Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh.īoth May and Rader were big disappointments with the bat in ’75. 6, 1975: The Houston Astros traded catcher Milt May and pitchers Dave Roberts and Jim Crawford to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Leon Roberts, pitchers Mark Lemongello and Gene Pentz, and catcher Terry Humphrey.ĭec. But still, he remains one of our best players, and we just aren’t persuaded by the logic of cashing him in for a package of odds and ends such as this.ĭec. Like the real-life Braves, we’re frustrated that for the past couple of years the broadly-talented Baker hasn’t hit for the kind of average we believe he should, and we’re worried that he’s begun to be bothered by a sore knee. 17, 1975: The Atlanta Braves traded outfielder Dusty Baker and first baseman-third baseman Ed Goodson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielders Jim Wynn and Tom Paciorek, infielder-outfielder Lee Lacy, and infielder Jerry Royster. 9, 1975: The Houston Astros released pitcher Wayne Granger. The 1975-76 offseason: Actual deals we will makeĭec. The Reds come in to our final engagement looking very tough to beat. The National League West division flag has been claimed by (at least) one of our three contestants in every season of the division’s existence. Braves: Actual Astros: Actual Reds: Actual This journey has provided us with sometimes surprising perspectives:
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