July 30, 2004: Dodgers acquire pitchers Brad Penny and Bill Murphy, and first baseman Hee-Seop Choi from the Florida Marlins for catcher Paul Lo Duca, pitcher Guillermo Mota and outfielder Juan Encarnacion.
To this day, Jim Tracy laments this trade, when rookie General Manager Paul DePodesta tore out the heart and soul of the manager's clubhouse, and of a first-place team. Tracy felt he had to overwork closer Eric Gagne to overcome the loss of trusted setup man Mota, although in retrospect DePodesta sold high on a guy who pitched the eighth inning. Lo Duca was enormously popular, and he was an All-Star in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.