Following the 2003 baseball season Alex Rodriguez was the best player in baseball. His team, the Texas Rangers, were looking to trade him to free up payroll. The Boston Red Sox were interested. They nearly got him. It didn't work out. Later on, the New York Yankees became interested too. While Boston tried to make a trade, New York succeeded. This is the story of those two deals and how sometimes the best trades are the ones you never make.

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