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Podcast: Classic Baseball Daily Highlights
Episode: Future Hall of Famers - Grimes and Stengel traded for each other
Description: On January 2, 1918, the Pittsburgh Pirates acquire outfielder Casey Stengel and infielder George Cutshaw from the Brooklyn Robins for 3 players - pitcher Burleigh Grimes, Al Mamaux, and infielder Chuck Ward.Stengel will play only two seasons with the Pirates before moving on to Philadelphia, but will eventually enjoy his true success as a manager.Grimes will win 158 games during a nine-year stint with Brooklyn and pitch in the 1920 World Series that Brooklyn lost to Cleveland, he went 1-2 over 3 starts.His most wins in a season though will be back in Pittsburgh in 1928. When...