Murray-- Still Searching for George

And like I said on the RIP George thread, Steinbrenner actually demanded that Rivera get traded to the Mariners in the spring of 1996 for Felix Fermin, of all people, because no one knew how Jeter would turn out.

Rivera had more or less stunk as a starter in 1995, except for a couple of outings, and George wanted him gone. Stick Michael talked him out of it.