Tuesday BP: The A’s trade drought is no more

Feb 18 2020 by McCovey Chronicles

 
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Let the floodgates open.

They said it couldn’t be done. They were wrong.

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics have officially made a trade together, for the first time in more than 29 years. Let the ice finally thaw on the rivalry that never was.

It’s about the mildest way possible to end a trade drought: San Francisco sent reliever Burch Smith, who had already been designated for assignment, to the A’s in exchange for cash...

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