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Originally Posted by itjclarke
Yes! This is the movie I saw. I don't remember completely, but seem to think he was upset at being traded to Pittsburg, and that factored into his retiring relatively young.
Regardless, fans should cut players some slack for leaving (better teams, better cities/lifestyle, more money), because teams/owners made plenty of cold hearted trades back in the days prior to free agency.
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Yes, he was upset at being traded to Pittsburgh, but I will leave the reason for that vague because it is included in the documentary. The reason he didn't retire before playing a season was that the Galbreaths, who owned the Pirates, were so nice to him.