(08-09-2022, 05:02 PM)shy1979 Wrote: Minor league pitcher John Odom was traded for 10 bats... which were then auctioned off for charity.
Tim Fortugno, pitcher for the Brewers was traded for $25k and 12 dozen baseballs.
and don't forget, Lefty Grove, when he was a minor leaguer, he got traded... for a fence.
Odom ended up dying of a drug overdose unfortunately. Apparently one of his former managers believed that the media/fan response to the trade drove him back to the bottle and it spiraled out of control. Wouldn’t surprise me, some people tend to be complete blowhards behind a keyboard.