There are blockbuster trades and then there’s the New York Yankees trading Joe DiMaggio to the Boston Red Sox for Ted Williams. The Yankee Clipper for Teddy Ballgame! The greatest player for the greatest hitter. A point in baseball history that occasionally surfaces and as a Williams fan I found it a fascinating concept. Would it have changed history?
In the 1947 offseason, the Yankees GM Larry McPhail met with Tom Yawkey regarding such a move and Yawkey was amicable to it. One trade scenario had Yogi Berra as part of the eventual package.