Showing posts with label Why Can't We Get Players Like That?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Why Can't We Get Players Like That?. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Bob Lobel: The Origin of "Why Can't We Get Players Like That?"
By Bob Lobel @boblobel
One of the things that has endured is a flippant little phrase I threw out on television to be a wise guy and get a laugh.
It goes back to the late Lou Gorman trading Jeff Bagwell, a Red Sox minor league prospect, for Larry Andersen, a relief pitcher of some renown, to help the Sox win a then-elusive World Series title. The Andersen part didn’t really work out, but the Bagwell side blossomed into a home run machine for Houston.
