Wow.
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This is mindboggling. First, Calgary was giving Odom to Laredo for their best player. Then, Laredo offered cash, but that was an insult. So, they offered bats. Calgary was originally getting the BEST player....but settled for bats. And that's not insulting?Quote:
Odom said he was supposed to be traded for Laredo's best hitter. But when that player balked at moving to Calgary, the bats entered the deal.
Laredo offered cash for Odom, but Young said that was "an insult."
This is priceless.
They're probably re-thinking it and will realize they did it backwards, accepting the bats. D'oh!
weird... it's like reading a piece from The Onion...
IS it more insulting to the player traded or to Laredo's best player ?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Good question.
Lol, with the amount of Vipers game's I go to and how frequently the players give away there bats thereis a good chance i will end up getting one of those :)
Maybe both :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gRYFYN1
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Originally Posted by gRYFYN1
Or maybe the bats???:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by boomboom
This is now the new trade record low. If you remember, Nigel Thatch was traded in the Northern League for 60 case of Budweiser in 2006.
What would you rather have, bats or beer?
Oh and 10 bats at $69 a pop = $690
60 cases of Bud at $18 = $1,080.
Beer!
:)
Maybe you could get Odom to sign one of the bats he was traded for. That would be a very interesting trophy. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Sox Fan 734
Seconded. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ohms_law
The bats. I can't stand Budweiser.Quote:
Originally Posted by grasshopper
Agreed. Make it a decent beer, and that changes things.Quote:
Originally Posted by SirKodiak
Well... yea, but I'd personally still rather have the Bud than the Bats.
*shrug*
The bats are good maple, so I would be able to turn them into something useful, like furniture. I guess the Bud could be useful for killing slugs, though.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
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Ask the most hard-core baseball fan about John C. Odom and most likely you’ll get a blank stare. Yet millions of people have heard of the slender right-hander.
He was “Bat Man” or “Bat Guy” or “Bat Boy,” the minor league baseball player traded for 10 maple bats.
It became a big joke last May when word of the unusual swap jumped off the sports pages, and the former San Francisco Giants prospect went from pitcher to punch line.
“People are like, ‘I’d kill myself’ and stuff,” Odom said at the time, dismissing any such notion.
Three weeks after the trade, he abruptly left the team.
Six months after the trade, he was dead.
thats sadQuote:
Originally Posted by filihok
Sad stuff
No offense. You mix all 4 of those elements. That is not an accidental overdose.
Maybe they meant it wasn't insulting ENOUGH :pQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Wow, that's an amazing (and unfortunate) end to the story.
Sad, tragic ending.
That is terrible....
Awful
Leave it to fili to ruin everyone's mood.
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