The Dodgers at the winter meetings 50 years ago in 1973 made two huge trades, dealing away franchise stalwarts Willie Davis and Claude Osteen in separate moves. They got back Jim Wynn and Mike Marshall, who helped Los Angeles win a pennant in 1974.
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The players have arrived, the field is ready, and Game One of the World Series with the Braves facing the Astros in Houston is just hours away, but it's been decades in the making.
A matchup six decades in the making, pairing former National League rivals who've played more than 700 times, including five postseason series. Think of The Hammer and The Toy Cannon teeing up home run derby at the Astrodome, or Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz vs. Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio on a June evening on TBS.