1907-1908 preseason news...
-Right fielder Sam Thompson is inducted into the 1908 class of the Hall of Fame.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 32-year-old SS Kid Elberfeld to the New York Giants, getting 22-year-old 2B Red Killefer and 24-year-old RP Leo Hafford in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 30-year-old 3B Wid Conroy and 23-year-old 2B Otto Knabe to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 34-year-old SHS Charlie Babb in return.
-The Brooklyn Superbas traded 24-year-old 3B Eddie Grant to the Cleveland Naps, getting 32-year-old RF Bunk Congalton in return.
-The New York Giants traded 31-year-old 2B Danny Murphy to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 25-year-old RP Ed Reulbach in return.
-The Philadelphia Phillies traded 35-year-old CL Red Donahue, 21-year-old RP Bert Maxwell, and 23-year-old RP Roy Beecher to the Brooklyn Superbas, getting 22-year-old RP Herm Malloy in return.
-The Washington Senators traded 25-year-old RF Frank Schulte and 24-year-old SHS Al Bridwell to the Boston Red Sox, getting 35-year-old CF Chick Stahl in return.
-The Brooklyn Superbas traded 31-year-old SP Jim Buchanan, 23-year-old RP Roy Beecher, and 21-year-old RP Bert Maxwell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 27-year-old RF Harry Lumley in return.
-The Boston Red Sox failed to sign 1st-round draft pick Harry Krause.
-The Chicago White Sox failed to sign 2nd-round draft pick Amos Strunk.
-The St. Louis Browns failed to sign 2nd-round draft pick Jean Dubuc.
-The New York Giants failed to sign 1st-round draft pick Vin Campbell.
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