Edgy MD wrote: Davey Johnson, presumably the one who absorbed most of the lobbying, approved the trade. Asking your manager to be a scout probably wasn't the best move at the time, but Frank Cashen tended to run big league deals by Johnson regularly before pulling the switch. Johnson had had enough of Lenny and thought very highly of Samuel's offensive skill set. Well, if Davey was on board I'm not going to second guess him some 35 years later. Conundrum on, fellas...