Ed Gaedel

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Ed Gaedel

American entertainer

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Bill Veeck
…when he had 3-foot 7-inch Ed Gaedel pinch-hit. Finding it impossible to throw to Gaedel’s strike zone, the pitcher walked him. Although the crowd thoroughly enjoyed the stunt, the league commissioner declared Gaedel’s contract invalid the following day. In 1953 Veeck sold his controlling interest in the Browns, and the…
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…when he had 3-foot 7-inch Ed Gaedel pinch-hit. Finding it impossible to throw to Gaedel’s strike zone, the pitcher walked him. Although the crowd thoroughly enjoyed the stunt, the league commissioner declared Gaedel’s contract invalid the following day. In 1953 Veeck sold his controlling interest in the Browns, and the…
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