Interesting Baseball Story Probably Not Known By Many

[key2win]

So I was looking at Wikipedia to read some information on the Los Angeles Angels. After clicking a few links, I got to Hall of Famer Dave Winfield. Here is an interesting tidbit that not a lot of people may know.

"During the 1994 baseball strike, which began on August 12, Winfield was traded to the Cleveland Indians at the trade waiver deadline on August 31 for a "player to be named later." The 1994 season had been halted two weeks earlier (it was eventually canceled a month later on September 14), so Winfield did not get to play for the Indians that year and no player was ever named in exchange. To settle the trade, Cleveland and Minnesota executives went to dinner, with the Indians picking up the tab. This makes Winfield the only player in major league history to be traded for a dinner, though official sources list the transaction as a sale (sold by the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians)."

[OriolesFan]

Kerwin, thanks for sharing this interesting baseball info. Without a doubt, some baseball fans will EAT THIS UP.

Have a good day, Rodney

[jwgreen68]

Very interesting. Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to why TOPPS uses all MLB cities on their baseball cards with the exception of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They all just say "Angels".

[ocanseco55]

best deal ever!

[jratliff70]

Very interesting. Perhaps someone can enlighten me as to why TOPPS uses all MLB cities on their baseball cards with the exception of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They all just say "Angels".

could be because they would probably have to make all the Angels cards in the old jumbo card format to fit that whole name on there.

[key2win]

[jwgreen68]

Ha! I think it's because the Dodgers complained to MLB about the Angels using "Los Angeles".