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Originally Posted by Oriole1952
I read somewhere many years ago that as the trade deadline approached in 1959 the Yankees were after Roger Maris.Maris got hurt and the Yanks agreed to take Lopez in his place, along with Ralph Terry. Of course,that winter the Yankees landed Maris anyway.
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I remember they called Kansas City the Yankees farm team even after they stopped being their actual AAA team in 1953. Ralph Terry, Roger Maris, Hector Lopez, Clete Boyer.....it's quite a long list of strong contributors to the Yankees pennant winners of 1960 to 1964, that came to The Big Apple in one-sided trades with Kansas City.