Quote Originally Posted by Hermod View Post
On August 2, 1960, the Tigers and the Indians made baseball history as they traded non-playing managers. The Tigers sent Manager Jimmy Dykes to the Indians and received in return Manger Joe Gordon. Dykes part of the season was .458 and Gordon's part was .456. They remained mired in 6th place. Gordon was fired at the end of the year and moved on to have a dismal year in KC.
I believe that trade was the origin of the saying "like trading deck chairs on the Titanic"