Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 27, 2007
The Other Bing

Bing Devine passed away today. He made one of the most famous trades in baseball history:

Vaughan P. "Bing" Devine, was general manager of the Cardinals from 1957 to 1964 and again in 1967-68, and helped acquire Hall of Fame players Bob Gibson and Lou Brock. The Brock trade with the Cubs is considered one of the most lopsided deals in major league history.

I suppose he'll be mourned a bit less in Chicago. :-) My thoughts go out to his family and friends.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:23 PM | Deaths | TrackBack (0)
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Bing and Branch had quite the battle at the end of Branch's career. It carried over to Branch's personal pick Bob Howsam, who pretty much had a large part in building the 67-68 Cardinals.

Imagine what could have happened if Bing's cronies weren't so hostile to Howsam.

The seventies would have been very different in the Midwest.

Posted by: Brian at January 28, 2007 02:11 PM
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