On May 8, 1966, the San Francisco Giants trade future Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Ray Sadecki. Cepeda, who has been bothered by bad knees, is deemed expendable because of the presence of Willie McCovey at first base. The Giants will regret the deal, as Cepeda will win the MVP in 1967. Sadecki will go 3-7.On this dateā¦Along with being unanimously selected as the NLās MVP, he helped St Louis to their second World Series championship in four seasons.
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