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arcele said 08/29, 09:22 AM
There have been a lot of poor trades in the history of Philadelphia Sports, and I thought about quite a few, but ended up choosing a more modern one that really cost the Phillies. Before the '82 Season the Phillies were in need of a fielding shortstop, and the Cubs were shopping Ivan DeJesus who looked to fit the bill. In order to get DeJesus the Phils traded declining SS Larry Bowa, and a young 3B you may have heard of by the name of Ryne Sandberg.

DeJesus would go on to play just 2 seasons with the Phils batting .245 and hitting 7 homeruns in his time in Philly. Sandberg would go on to play 14 years of amazing Third Base at Wrigley for the Cubbies and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

The worst trade in Philadelphia Sports History was Ivan DeJesus from the Cubs for Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg.

arcele said 08/29, 10:02 PM
Moses had his best years in Philadelphia and the Sixers got maximum value for him when they traded him, as he was at the peak of his career. Moses never averaged more Minutes, Points, or Rebounds per game in a single season after he left Philadelphia. Ryne Sandberg on the other hand never had a chance in Philadelphia and blossomed into a 8-time Gold Glove Hall of Famer with another club.

Brad Daugherety was a regular at the all-star game, but had the Sixers held onto Malone, they would have had little use for another big man, and likely would have drafted Len Bias who went second overall to the Celtics and died of a cocaine overdose shortly thereafter.

arcele said 08/31, 10:43 AM
I'll certainly give you that the Moses trade wasn't a good one for Philadelphia, but to claim it as the worst in the history of Philadelphia is craziness. The sixers got 3 of best years of Moses Malone's career out of him before they unloaded him, Ryne Sandberg was never even given a chance to prove himself in Philadelphia before they unloaded him.

The Phillies trade of Sandberg cost them immensely, if they had had Sandberg playing at second base in '93 instead of Mickey Morandini they may have beaten the Blue Jays in that World Series. Also the years of mediocrity surrounding the '93 season could have been made easier to face for Phils fans had they had a perennial All-Star in the infield, and they likely would have won a boat load more games.

The Sixers still made the playoffs 4 of the next 5 seasons after trading away Moses Malone, the Phils only made the Playoffs 1 of the next 11 seasons after trading away Ryne Sandberg before even giving him a shot in Philly, those numbers speak for themselves.