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This Week In Baseball History


Jan 10, 2018

In the long history of trades, few have ever been so disastrous for a team than the Orioles acquisition of Glenn Davis, 27 years ago this week, for Pete Harnisch, Steve Finley, and Curt Schilling. Perhaps a good idea in theory, Davis was a rising star from a horrifying childhood whose bizarre injury issues kept scuttling any chance he had of fulfilling his promise in Baltimore. (Disclaimer: This episode contains frank discussions of child abuse and suicide.)