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This Day in Baseball History - August 19
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:31 am
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:31 am
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1951 Forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
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Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:33 am to BondJamesBond
Hmmm, why was it outlawed? I didn't know MLB had a height requirement.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:35 am to BondJamesBond
eta: His number was also 1/8
This post was edited on 8/19/19 at 10:37 am
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:48 am to LSUBoo
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Hmmm, why was it outlawed? I didn't know MLB had a height requirement.
Good question...
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:24 am to BondJamesBond
That’s fricked up. A midget behind the plate would be money. He wouldn’t even have to squat.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 1:35 pm to BondJamesBond
“A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves.”
Well, he actually prefers to be called dwarf.
“That’s exactly my point. Imagine everyone calls you midget when you want to be called dwarf. No wonder they’re always offing themselves.”
Well, he actually prefers to be called dwarf.
“That’s exactly my point. Imagine everyone calls you midget when you want to be called dwarf. No wonder they’re always offing themselves.”
Posted on 8/19/19 at 1:37 pm to BigPerm30
quote:
A midget
Posted on 8/19/19 at 1:52 pm to 91TIGER
There was a recent article in The Athletic on this guy. He lived a depressing childhood and had a tragic adult life. Died at 36. Couldn't have been fun being physically handicapped in the 20/30s.
He was basically forced by physical threat from the team owner to perform the baseball stunt.
He was basically forced by physical threat from the team owner to perform the baseball stunt.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 4:26 pm to BondJamesBond
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Eddie Gaedel
highest on base % in league history
Posted on 8/19/19 at 9:35 pm to LSUBoo
My guess they outlawed it because it made the batters box so small.
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