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 | Dallas, Houston Trade Made Thursday, October 24th , 1974 You can't always get what you want, but sometimes you find a deal anyway. The Baseball News Network is reporting that Dallas and Houston have made a swap with 18-year old minor league RHP Willard Barnard and 22-year old minor league LF Howard James being shipped to the Comets and in return the Wranglers would get 31-year old RHP Gerard Nicholson. Dallas general manager Don Matthews said the two sides were close to a blockbuster trade before agreeing upon a smaller scale transaction. "This is just a bit of housekeeping compared to what we wanted to do," he said. "I won't name names, but the potential deal we were close to making would have certainly grabbed some headlines." A source inside the Dallas organization said the two sides might not be done dealing, and another transaction could be in the works. |   |
