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Soccer Player Traded for Meat: Most Lopsided Trades
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Occasionally management will make a real bad decision. Here are some of the worst decisions on the trade block in the history of sports.
| | Red Sox sell Babe Ruth: The start of the curse and the dynasty of the Yankees. |
| | Colts deal John Elway to Broncos: In retrospect this looks terrible, but Elway was a prima-donna athlete who didn't know if he wanted to play baseball or football. |
| | Pedro Martinez goes from L.A. to Montreal: In his prime, the most dominating pitcher of our generation. |
| | Atlanta Falcons send Bret Favre to Green Bay: Atlanta viewed Favre is a life-time backup. Green Bay saw him as the man who could restore the Packer legacy, and he did. |
| | Reds trade away a "washed up" Frank Robinson to the O's |
| | Nets sell Dr. J to 76ers |
| | Golden State furnishes Celtics with Robert Parish and No. 3 pick (Kevin McHale) |
| | Boston ships Jeff Bagwell to Astros for Larry Anderson |
| | Mets ship Nolan Ryan to California |
| | Local soccer team UT Arad sold defender Marius Cioara to for almost thirty pounds of meat |
| | The Eric Lindros deal |
| | Orioles send Pete Harnisch, Curt Schilling and Steve Finley to the Astros for Glenn Davis |
| | Hornets give up rights to Kobe Bryant for Lakers' Vlade Divac |
| | Cowboys build title team netting 6 players and 12 draft picks (including Emmitt Smith and Darren Woodson) from Minnesota in exchange for Herschel Walker |
| | Bulls get Scottie Pippen from Sonics for Olden Polynice |
| | Blazers deal Moses Malone for draft pick |
| | Red Sox send Heathcliff Slocumb to Seattle for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe |
| | Blackhawks send Dominik Hasek to the Sabres for backup goalie Stéphane Beauregard and a fourth-round draft pick |
| | Yankees trade Jay Buhner to the Mariners for Ken Phelps |
| | White Sox trade Sammy Sosa to the Cubs for George Bell |
| | A's trade Mark McGwire to the Cardinals for T.J. Matthews, Blake Stein, and Eric Ludwick |
| | Randy Moss for a 4th round pick: New England Patriots got WR Randy Moss for a 4th round pick in the NFL draft (from Oakland) |
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