Baseball's Iconic Trades & Moments

It's March 29th. This is MLB News Today Baseball Coverage, powered by AI. Back in 1966,

Sandy Kofax and Don Drysdale ended their famous holdout with the Los Angeles Dodgers

signing the biggest teammate. Contracts ever at the time, Kofax for $120,000 and Drysdale for

$105,000. Fast forward to 1978, when the Boston Red Sox pulled off a key trade with the Cleveland

Indians, grabbing pitcher Dennis Echersley, and catcher Fred Kendall in exchange for a package

including Rick Wise and Mike Paxton. Then in 1992, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox swapped stars,

sending George Bell to the South Siders for a young Sammy Sosa and Ken Patterson. Those

deals shaped careers and rivalries, with Echersley becoming a Hall of Famer and Sosa smashing 609

home runs. Meanwhile, in 2001, Dwight Gooden called it quits after 16 seasons, a four-time

all-star with a 194 and one, 112 record, 3.51 ERA, and over 2,293 strikeouts. More recently,

2004 saw the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays kick off the season in Japan,

where Tampa won 8-3 behind. Victor Zambrano's arm and Tino Martinez is three hits,

including his 300th homer. 2008 brought the debut of Nationals Park, with a home team edging

the Braves 3-2. And get this, in 2019, position players pitched for both sides in the Dodgers 18-5

blowout of the Diamondbacks, while two. 2023 made history with all 30 teams playing on opening day,

no rain outs in sight. Baseball's timeline keeps dropping gems like these.