From Folk Hero to Final Exit: Senators Trade Mike Stanley to Boston
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just 23 days after hitting the grand slam that sent the Washington Senators to the League Championship Series, Mike Stanley is gone. The Senators officially dealt the 31-year-old catcher to the Boston Red Sox, along with the 1995 second-round pick acquired from St. Louis, in exchange for the 1995 fourth-round pick originally belonging to Orlando. It’s a trade that says what the Senators have been trying to say—quietly,...