The trade deadline is nearing and you can sense the excitement of a loyal fan as he sees what his team has done. “Take a look at that trade they made!,” says an enthused Cubs fan.
In the multitude of trades made the Chicago Cubs through the years, one deal stands out as perhaps the worst trade ever made by the Cubs. Caution readers, it could get ugly. But baseball is made up of the klutz plays and the klutz deals and this one ranks up there with them.
The facts: Lou Brock, then 24, was traded along with Jack Spring, and Paul Toth, to the St.