Night Owl Cards

Last year I went through all of the World Series champions of the last 20 seasons and listed the players that were traded away in the year prior to that team winning the World Series. I always felt sympathy for those players. They were on a team bound for a World Series championship but never joined the celebration because they were deemed disposable at some point along the championship run. For the most part, these players are fringe guys -- backups, relief pitchers. But there are some prominent examples: Pedro Guerrero traded by the 19 88 Do d gers; Nomar Garciaparra, traded by t he 2004 Red Sox; and Carlos Lee, traded by the 20 05 White Sox. I'll list those unfortunate souls from 1988 to 2008 again. (If you want a little more -- but not much more -- detail, it's on this post ): 1988 Dodgers: Pedro Guerrero 198 9 A's: Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, Luis Polonia 1990 Reds: John Franco, Ron Robinson 1991 Twins: none 1992 Blue Jays: Jef f Ken t, Rob Ducey, Greg Myers 1993 Blue...