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This Week In Baseball History


Dec 16, 2020

It's often described as one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history, as the Reds sent a young Christy Mathewson to the Giants for former superstar Amos Rusie 120 years ago this week. Or did they? As Mike and Bill go through the lives of two of the greatest pitchers in early baseball history, they discover a lot more to the story than usually gets reported. Plus, happy birthday to Wild Bill Hutchison and Carl Erskine!