Why MLB Banned Dwarfs From Baseball

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[CZsWorld]

"A dwarf convinced the Yankees that he had mystical powers."
... Are you not going to elaborate on that at all??

[nickmahr]

6’ 7” Aaron judge uses his freak genetics to excel at baseball: I sleep
3’ 7” Eddie Gaedel uses his freak genetics to excel at baseball: real shit

[dogwithshoes]

"He never actually got to play, the team would just rub him for good luck before at bats."
I was not expecting the end of that sentence

[benitofranklyn]

"In 1951..." rarely ends with some heartwarming tale of acceptance

[polkjm]

"He died 10 years later by getting beat up when leaving a bowling alley"
Somehow the part of the video that made me want some elaboration the most

[limegreenelevator]

To add a bit onto Gaedel's story:

Bob Cain, the Tigers pitcher, found the situation so unbelievable that (per Veeck) he "was laughing so hard that he could barely throw" after the first two pitches.

Cain was also the only major leaguer to attend Gaedel's funeral.

[StarsongKey]

Okay this story is all kinds of fucked up, but having his number be 1/8th is so funny 😂

[MidwestArtMan]

Every morning Bill Veeck woke up, he said, "I have the greatest idea to sell more tickets!"

[JohannGambolputty]

It would take a dwarf with mystical powers to convince the Yankees to hire a dwarf claiming to have mystical powers.

[davidlewisjrofficial]

I did some more research and apparently the beating caused a heart attack. After the beating he crawled all the way back to his mothers home. Crawled in bed, and died that night. His mother found him the next morning. This is sad asf and just looked over.

[dejjoe]

Eddie Gaedel's grandnephew nearly joined him in the majors. 6'3" OFer Kyle Gaedele was drafted in the 6th round of the 2011 MLB draft and made it to AA before flaming out. He still plays independent ball

[beastlyy]

Altuve must've slipped into the league unnoticed

[Dudemandudeman]

Even though baseball doesn’t exist, this channel still makes kick ass videos about it. Major skill

[andrewbernard]

“They didn’t let him play they just rubbed him for good luck” made my day😂

[pi]

I was very short growing up, I actually made the cities highest level of baseball team. I was on the team for 1 reason; to get walked and steal every base to home. I was one of the fastest guys and my strikezone was so small pitchers rarely struck me out. I played outfield and 2nd base.

[repeatatron]

The part where it turned into a documentary about Bill Veeck was the funniest bit

[SUBMACHINEGOTH]

"A GOOD LUCK DWARF"
god i love baseball so much

[Xzile]

He was beat to death outside of a bowling alley and then the next day they voided his contract and banned dwarves from playing? Thats some shady as hell shit right there.

[nc]

Let the people have their shining moment due to their height. We don't ban 7 foot 5 giants in basketball. Come on

[Hakushodemon]

on my highschool soccer team my teammate was a dwarf who was extremely fast in a short sprint. we won many games together in which he was the one I was passing to so he could score which he did. was one of our top scorerers aswell as he could dribble and shoot very quickly.