Looks like the Seattle Mariners got the best of the Michael Pineda deal. He's out for the year at least, while the Seattle Mariners go the Yankee's top hitting prospect, Jesus Montero.
Looks like the Seattle Mariners got the best of the Michael Pineda deal. He's out for the year at least, while the Seattle Mariners go the Yankee's top hitting prospect, Jesus Montero.
Edward Carl Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was an American with dwarfism who became famous for participating in a Major League Baseball game.
Gaedel (some sources say the family name may actually have been Gaedele[1]) gained recognition in the second game of a St. Louis Browns doubleheader on Sunday, Aug. 19, 1951. Weighing 29.5 kg (65 pounds), and standing 109 cm (3 feet 7 inches) tall, Gaedel became the shortest player in the history of the Major Leagues. He made a single plate appearance and was walked with four consecutive balls before being replaced by a pinch-runner at first base. His jersey, bearing the uniform number "⅛", is displayed in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
St. Louis Brown's owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck -- As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one."[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel
Alias (04-28-2012)
Yes indeed. Mighty Mouse!
Conley (04-27-2012)
Given the results on the field, I understand the arrogance. The payrolls frustrate me most of all, and being a Padre fan it begins to ruin my affection for the sport. It's tiring to see our best players always leaving for greener pastures. Losing Adrian Gonzalez was a tough blow even though everyone knew it would happen. It's not the Red Sox fault our ownership and organization is a mess, but the salary disparity is just once more obstacle to overcome.