Willie McGee

Why the Yankees traded Willie McGee to the Cardinals

On October 21, 1981, the Cardinals and Yankees quietly made a deal that sent Willie McGee to the Cardinals for pitcher Bob Sykes. The trade didn’t draw much attention in the press. The New York Daily News, focusing heavily on the World Series, noted the trade in a collection of wire reports near the bottom of […]

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