[Rummyfan]

A little historical tidbit for the seam-heads among us on FR.

[C19fan]

I remember Torre with the Mets as a player and manager during the mid/late 70s. Those were dark days.

[dakine]

Chicago Cubs traded Lou Brock to St. Louis for pitcher Ernie Broglio in 1964...

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[TBP]

The deal that brought Orlando Cepeda from San Francisco to St. Louis in 1966 was probably the second most consequential baseball trade of the 1960s, behind only the one that brought the late Frank Robinson to Baltimore.

The Lou Brock deal was right up there, too.

And don't get Yankee fans started. While they may not have been as consequential as any of those three, the Yankees made a lot of "name" deals in the 1960s and most of them were bad ones.

[JonPreston]

I remember Joe when he broke in as a chubby catcher. Before that, he was a terror of the Parade Grounds in Brooklyn. But I digress...

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

My grandfather, as my dad has handed down the story, was once staring at Torre in the in deck circle from his seats which were right down near the field.....talking about 1st or 2nd row between dugout and home plate.

Torre notices tramps staring at him and ask “what are you looking at” (or similar)

Gramps, caught in a moment of thought, replies “you are one ugly son if a bitch.”

[Vigilanteman]

. . . probably the second most consequential baseball trade of the 1960s, behind only the one that brought the late Frank Robinson to Baltimore.

Probably not. Lou Brock for Ernie Borgilo overshadowed it.

The Braves GM didn't like Joe Torre because he seemed afraid of the pitches. He called him Chicken Catcher Torre behind his back.

The Cardinals, OTOH, had a very capable catcher in Tim McCarver and turned Torre into a dandy first baseman with occasional back-up catching duties.

[Vigilanteman]

. . . probably the second most consequential baseball trade of the 1960s, behind only the one that brought the late Frank Robinson to Baltimore.

Probably not. Lou Brock for Ernie Borgilo overshadowed it.

The Braves GM didn't like Joe Torre because he seemed afraid of the pitches. He called him Chicken Catcher Torre behind his back.

The Cardinals, OTOH, had a very capable catcher in Tim McCarver and turned Torre into a dandy first baseman with occasional back-up catching duties.

[TBP]

Cepeda for Torre was a fairly even trade, unlike my wife’s least favorite deal, Cepeda for Sadecki.

[Paal Gulli]

One of the worst trades in histoir. Cepeda went in the tank and Torre went on a tear.

[TBP]

Torre was the Braves player representative

And now he works in the commissioner's office. He's basically the #2 guy there.