Irony,
one of players traded to Astros for John Mayberry earning a very small note on the backside.... the regal sounding Lance
Clemons...never played for the Astros....Bulk of MLB time, 24 inning and one
win was already spent with the Royals 1971...did get in 5 shell shocked innings
for the Cardinals in 1972....whisked away to the Red Sox as a dreaded player to
be named later deal....briefly resurfaced somehow winning a game for Boston
1974 despite a monstrous ERA over 9.00....passed away 2006.....Showing a bit
more promise was wealthy sounding Monty Montgomery...had a clean sweep with a
3-0 record in 3 games with a solid 2.11 ERA in 1971....Returned to bookend Royals 1972 season.... but spent most of year
in minors....went 3-3 and logged in 54 inning highlight being a shutout of
California on Sept 7th....had great trouble in getting anybody out at AAA level
thereafter....one odd coincidence catcher Bob Montgomery’s nickname was “Monty”
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