Discussion of Chicago Cubs trading of George "Jorge" Bell to the Chicago White Sox for Sammy Sosa.

NLC-1:  CHI & CHI 1992 (Sosa, Bell)

Discussion of the trades that hugely impacted the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, including those where they acquired Doug Drabek, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke and the one where they unchained the San Francisco Giants from the bad Matt Morris contract.

NLC-2:  PIT (Van Slyke, Bonilla, Drabek, Schmidt)

Discussion of the trades that helped formulate the two teams -- St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox -- that faced off in the 2013 World Series.

NLC-3:  STL & BOS (Wainwright, Holliday, Peavy, Saltalamacchia; 2013 World Series)

Discussion of the trades that hugely impacted St. Louis, including the acquisitions of Mark McGwire from Oakland and Ozzie Smith from San Diego and the losses of Dan Haren to Oakland and Steve Carlton to Philadelphia.

NLC-4:  STL (McGwire, Mulder, Smith, Templeton, Haren, Carlton)

Discussion of the trades involving Josh Hamilton, including the one that landed him with the Texas Rangers from Cincinnati for a package that included Edinson Volquez.

NLC-5:  CIN (Profile:  Josh Hamilton)

Discussion of the trades involving the Philadelphia Phillies, including the one that landed Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa in Chicago Cubs uniforms.

NLC-6:  CHI (Sandberg, Bowa)

MLB Trade History is a 6-part podcast where two longtime baseball fans discuss the greatest trades in Major League history. In part 2, we focus our discussions on the National League Central.

MLB Trade History - NL Central

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