The Red Sox hosted the Astros not too long ago, and of course, the Jeff Bagwell-for-Larry "Why Do People Park in the Driveway and Drive in the Parkway" Andersen trade came up. Jerry Remy's line: "That one didn't work out too well, did it? ... Lou Gorman!"
What irked me about the trade was that Gorman, the Red Sox GM, went on and on about needing to improve the bullpen, when he had two closers -- Lee Smith and Jeff Reardon -- to start the season. I still don't know why he even signed Reardon in the first place when he had the younger Smith doing perfectly well. Perhaps Gorman was blinded by Reardon's '87 World Series ring.
Then he traded Smith and Reardon got hurt. Oops.
I'm still shocked Topps whiffed on a 1990 Bagwell card in its Bowman line, passing him over for future Cooperstown hopefuls such as Greg Blosser, Mickey "Three Major League Cards, Zero Major League Games" Pina and Mike Rochford. I took this New Britain picture and Gimp-ed a Boston "B" on it, a la the earlier Fred Lynn card.
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