Forty years ago today, the Cubs and White Sox made a multi-player trade. The Cubs sent Scott Fletcher, Randy Martz, Pat Tabler and Dick Tidrow to the South Side in exchange for Steve Trout and Warren Brusstar.
This wouldn’t ordinarily be a topic for a “Today in Cubs history” article, except for this tweet sent out last fall by Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins:
Random Fact: I was on the @whitesox for one day. Roland Hemond claimed me off waivers. u2642ufe0f
— FLY 31 (@fergieajenkins) October 13, 2022
Well, that piqued my interest, so I did a little research.