Minor league pitcher John Odom was traded from the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League to the United League's Calgary Broncos in a deal that sent ten bats to the Vipers. That's it. Not even something sweet like vampire bats. Ten baseball bats.
"They just wanted some bats, good bats – maple bats," Broncos general manager Jose Melendez said. According to the Prairie Sticks Web site, their maple bats retail for $69 each, discounted to $65.50 for purchases of six to 11 bats.
Six hundred and fifty bucks. Dude, my life insurance company thinks I'm worth more. And I've got leprosy.
The Canadian team signed Odom about a month ago, but couldn't get the 26-year-old righty into the country. It seems Odom had a "minor" but unspecified criminal record that wasn't revealed to immigration officials before they scanned his passport… Odom said the charge stemmed from a fight when he was 17. Although he thought it had been expunged from his record, it popped up during immigration.
So he did something bad in one country and thought he'd gotten it cleared up, only to have it flare up again during immigration? Sounds like my last trip to Bangkok.
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I heard they carved them from larger bats.
This story intrigues Elijah Dukes…
Sounds like a damn good deal.
//indians that sold Manhattan…history lesson ends now
That's more then I got for that little asian girl I had adopted.
Wherever he winds up playing, they're all gonna call him "Batman".
The Phils should have done this with Adam Eaton last year.
According to the Prairie Sticks Web site..
Funny, that's what Charles made Laura call his schlong whenever Caroline went into town to sell eggs to Mrs. Olson.
Wonderboy part of the Deal or the Savoy Special perhaps?
I know this ain't the pro blogging league, but maybe a quick fact check is in order:
"Odom is headed to the Laredo Broncos of the United League. They got him Tuesday from the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League for a most unlikely price: 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style."