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8/1/1956 - Deadline deals
We traded reliever Bubba Church to the Brooklyn Dodgers for minor league starting pitcher Johnny Podres, and also swung a big deal with the Yankees -
Going to New York -
1B - Ted Kluszewski
MR - George Susce
LF - Bob Hazle
Going to Cincinnati -
RF - Hank Bauer
2B - Clete Boyer
SS - Billy Martin
1B - Gus Triandos
The Yankees are in 'Win Now' mode and need a first baseman, and even though I don't want to move Big Klu I also know we need help and he's fragile, so I don't want to wait too long. We get three young players that aren't going to start for the Yankees, along with Hank Bauer, who is 34 and on the downside of his career, but can fill the right field hole for us.
It wasn't a popular move with the fans, but they already don't like a team that is playing .360 ball. The outgoing Big Klu won the Batter of the Month after hitting .281 with 10 home runs, 23 RBI, and 19 runs scored. It was a two part deal though, but unfortunately we couldn't close on the second part of the deal for a starting pitcher.
Hopefully we sold high on Big Klu though. The Reds did have our best month of the year going 14-16 though.
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