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Funny story in The White Rat, where Herzog the new Cardinal GM decides to clean house, air out the musty entitled St. Louis basement.  He calls the Milwaukee GM and doesn't even say hello.  "Hey, how would you like to win the National League pennant next year?"  Reply, dryly, "I'd like that just fine."

Throws Simmons, Vuckovich (a Cy Young winner who played the cleanup hitter in Major League, I think) and Rollie Fingers to them for scraps.  I'm not entirely certain Dave Cameron would have reviewed the trade positively, but the Cardinals won the World Series a year or two later.  The 80's version of the Wil Myers trade.

The Brew wound up with an Arena Baseball 10-deep lineup that was a portent of DiPoto Mariner lineups to come...

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