Cards release Grimes; Red Sox Acquire Shortstop; Cubbies add PitchingToday witnesses a series of moves announced by major league front offices.
First, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that they were releasing spitballer Burleigh Grimes. Grimes, who has been pitching in the bigs since 1916 is among a few "grandfathered" pitchers still allowed to throw spitballs. During the 1920s, no pitcher won as many games as "Ol stubblebeard" as Grimes is known. Grimes has, however, only appeared in 5 games this year for the Cards, and has not been effective with an ERA of 7.11.
Grimes was acquired from the Cubs last year, after the Cubs had in turn acquired him from the Cards. Grimes has also pitched for Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, New York (NL), and Boston (NL) in his long career.
In other news, the Boston Red Sox acquired backup shortstop Lyn Larry from the New York Yankees. Their plan is to give hit solid hitting but error prone shortstop Bill Werber more time at third base, shoring up one of the key weaknesses - fielding.
Finally, in a complex series of maneuvers, the St. Louis Browns returned pitcher Jim Weaver to the New York Yankees from whom they purchased him. The Chicago Cubs however, exercised their rights to acquire Weaver off waivers, so the pitcher who first saw major league action in 1928, but who has played mostly in the minor leagues since, will be pitching for Chicago from now on.
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