Bill Swift Heads West: Giants Take a Shot, Cardinals Slam the Door
Bill Swift has left the building—and by the sound of it, the Cardinals couldn’t pack his bags fast enough. The 34-year-old right-hander was dealt to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Toronto’s 1997 4th round pick, a return that’s about as uninspired as it gets for a pitcher who once looked like an ace. Let’s backtrack. Swift arrived in St. Louis midway through the 1991 season and immediately looked like a steal, going 9-1 with...