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1980 Topps Baseball: #223 Bob Sykes
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40 years ago: The day the Cardinals got Willie McGee for Bob Sykes
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1979 TCMA Willie McGee West Haven Yankees from a Pinstriped
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Why the Yankees traded Willie McGee to the Cardinals
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Tim McCarver, Willie McGee Cardinals trades connection
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Willie McGee – Society for American Baseball Research
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Yankees narcissism
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