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SPORTING TIMES — April 1, 1912
By George F. Winthrop
RED SOX AND GIANTS COMPLETE LAST-MINUTE PITCHING SWAP
April 1st, 1912 — On the eve of the new campaign, with clubs making their final adjustments and rosters all but set, there was still time for one final bit of business on the trade wire.
The Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants agreed to a quiet but purposeful exchange of pitchers, with Boston sending 30-year-old Joe Harris to the Polo Grounds in return for 23-year-old Wiley Taylor.
Harris, who made only two relief appearances last season, will try to carve out a larger role with New York after spending much of the year waiting in the Boston bullpen. Taylor, meanwhile, spent the entirety of last year as a reserve in the Giants’ organization and will now have the opportunity to compete for innings with the Red Sox.
It is a modest trade on paper, but one carried out with clear intent: both clubs seeking to reshape the fringes of their pitching staffs just hours before the first pitch of 1912 is thrown.
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