I swear that there are a million stories just like this. I don't care. They get me every time. Larry Stone:
↵↵↵[...] on Dec. 4, 1995, the Mariners nixed a trade that would have sent pitcher Sterling Hitchcock and [Jorge] Posada to the Mariners for [Tino] Martinez and a reliever, either Jeff Nelson, Bill Risley, or, wait for it, Bobby Ayala.
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With the Yankees, Posada went on to win four World Series. Would he have done the same with the Mariners? All signs point to yes.