On April 12, 1916 the Boston Red Sox trade one of the greatest players ever to play major league baseball Tris Speaker to the Cleveland Indians. 

It is a script that could almost be played today. The player felt disrespected by the team, the team felt it was over paying, a war of words happened and the Indians scoop up a star that would lead them to a World Series and become one of the franchises best players of all time. 

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