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Heroes traded, but memories stay

By Jon Greenberg
ESPNChicago.com

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Call it the White Cocktail Napkin trade. Trading, well, practically giving Jim Thome to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Jose Contreras to the Colorado Rockies has been linked to the infamous 1997 White Flag trade for the Chicago White Sox. Both veterans were dealt for minor league players, and the smallness of the return -- and, some would say, of the departed -- made it feel as if general manager Kenny Williams sealed these deals at a hotel bar, scribbling on whatever paper was nearby. Or m ...

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