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From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Braves, Major League Farm Club
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 18:01:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 26 18:01:16 1984
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Do you mean Phil Niekro, the old-timer that tossed his
knuckler for YEARS for the Braves?  If you do, I certainly
don`t classify him as a non-star.

Anyway, you need look no farther than the friendly confines
of Wrigley field to find the training grounds for many a
superstar.  Let`s just start with these names -  Lou Brock,
Bill North, Burt Hooten, Andre Thornton, budding star
Carmelo Martinez, Larry Gura, Oscar Gamble.  There were also
many who started out great in Chicago, and then got traded,
like Bruce Sutter, Bill Madlock (wins 2 batting titles, then
asks for big bucks, gets traded to S.F. for Rick Monday,
who gets paid MORE than what Madlock asked for), Bill Caudill.
I know I could just keep on going.  Manny Trillo.
Bad trades have kinda been a tradition on the North side, though
there have been good ones.  Fergie Jenkins, Randy Hundley,
Bill Buckner (though he was a star before we got him).
Maybe I`ll go home & check out my trades book and make a list
& see if there are other teams that have made more bad
trades than the Cubbies.

Tom O`Connor

Hey, Cubs aren`t doin` too bad right now!  1/2 game out of first.