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| 1971 | In a winter meeting deal, now considered one of the worst in baseball history, the Astros trade nine-year veteran second baseman Joe Morgan, Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, and Denis Menke to the Reds for Tommy Helms, Lee May, and Jimmy Stewart. Cincinnati gains a regular center fielder and a top-of-the-rotation starter because Houston skipper Harry Walker, not known for his tolerance, labeled the 29-year-old future Hall of Famer middle infielder a troublemaker. |
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