The astros gave away a hall of famer - for nothing

Astro history for today...

You responded to the Cuellar post and he was traded for Curt Blefary. Blefary and Don Wilson were the first regularly assigned interracial roommates.

Also, the story goes that Joe Morgan was on first and Blefary hit a double and Morgan didn't score. Later, Blefary said "if I was black you would have scored". Morgan replied, "if you were black, it would have been a home run"

 

*consults Google....

Yeah, I was mixing Blefary up with either Guinn or Billingham--the guys we actually got for Staub.

 

Don't forget that Jesus Alou was part of the original trade.