Joel Youngblood: Still the only Major Leaguer with hits for two teams in two cities on the same day

The 2014 MLB trade deadline was a doozy. The A's nabbed Jon Lester from the Red Sox for Yoenis Cespedes while the Tigers added a third Cy Young Award winner (David Price) to their already impressive pitching staff in a three-way trade that sent outfielder Austin Jackson to the Mariners. 

Jackson was 2-for-4 through 6 and 2/3 innings against the White Sox on Thursday when he was pulled from center field and informed he had been dealt to the M's.

Theoretically, Jackson had time to hop on a quick flight or make the three-hour drive from Detroit to Cleveland, where the Mariners were set to tee off with the Indians at 7:05 p.m. ET. But Jackson opted to join the Mariners on Friday, guaranteeing that Joel Youngblood would remain the only player in Major League history to record a hit for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.

When Youngblood woke up on August 4, 1982 he was a Met. In his first game of the day, Youngblood delivered a two-run single during a matinee at Wrigley Field. 

He was later pulled from the game after being dealt to the Expos, who were in Philadelphia that night. Youngblood flew into Philly and debuted for his new club as a defensive substitution in the middle of the sixth. He managed to get one at-bat in the contest, delivering a two-out single in the seventh.

What makes Youngblood's accomplishment even more incredible is that his first hit was off Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins. As if that wasn't enough, Youngblood's second hit of the day was off another Hall of Famer: Steve Carlton.