Dave Roberts proves a shrewd negotiator on '25-Year-Old Baseball Cards'
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn’t the guy who pulls the trigger on trades, but maybe he should be?
On this week’s new episode of our “25-Year-Old Baseball Cards” series, Roberts manages to pull off quite a trade — getting one Hall of Famer and one of the most popular athletes of all time in exchange for Terry Pendleton. He actually turned down another Hall of Famer too. We also learn about a man Roberts calls “Crazy Carl,” although we didn’t learn quite enough for my liking. Roberts is shrewd when it comes to sharing potentially embarrassing stories too.
If you’re new to this series, we open baseball cards from my garage with baseball players, coaches and famous fans. My grandma bought the cards back in the day, thinking they’d be a treasure in a few decades. Nope, they’re junk wax. But opening them up with baseball people is great fodder for stories and memories.
Please enjoy some of past episodes below:
Previously in 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards
MUST-SEE EPISODES: Pedro Martinez | Bronson Arroyo | Eric Davis | Dusty Baker | Hank Azaria | Alex Rodriguez | Scott Boras | A.J. Ellis | Bernie Williams | Chase Utley
MANAGERS/COACHES: Terry Francona | Joe Maddon | Bruce Bochy | Clint Hurdle | Buck Showalter | Brad Mills | Bob Melvin
CURRENT PLAYERS: Curtis Granderson | Noah Syndergaard | Kyle Hendricks | Clayton Kershaw | Todd Coffey | John Axford | Dee Gordon | Adam Eaton | Rajai Davis | Brad Ziegler & Tyler Clippard
STARS FROM BACK IN THE DAY: Frank Thomas | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Delino DeShields | Cliff Floyd | Dan Plesac | Aaron Boone | Bobby Bonilla | Andre Dawson | Ivan Rodriguez | Jack Morris | Jeff Nelson
CELEBS: Alyssa Milano | Josh Duhamel | Joel McHale
ETC: Josh Kusnick | Jeff Passan | Ken Kendrick
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