Talk about getting your moneys worth, at first I laughed, then I thought wow, how awful must this guy feel right now. Not everyone knows about the Golden Baseball League or the Calgary Vipers, to be honest I didn't either, well I think their front office needs an overhaul. Maybe they forgot how this whole trade thing works, you give up 1 player and get another or in some cases you get money in return for the player.
The Calgary Vipers made some news when they traded a player for something other than another player, money or a draft pick. To make things a little better it was more than one item...it was 10. John Odom is on his way to another team, the Laredo Broncos of the United League for a whole lot of maple wood. The price for Odom, 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style.
Talk about being cheap, according to the Prairie Sticks Web site, their maple bats retail for $69 each, discounted to $65.50 for purchases of six to 11 bats. So in reality this guy was sold for $655.00...AWESOME. Odom was very nonchalant about the situation saying "I don't really care, It'll make a better story if I make it to the big leagues." Odom's new owner played off the situation as well "They just wanted some bats, good bats -- maple bats," Broncos general manager Jose Melendez said. Time to see what $65.50 can get you, "It will be interesting to see what 10 bats gets us," Melendez said.
This bat trade isn't exactly the first crazy trade Calgary have proposed in the past, The Vipers once tried to acquire a pitcher for 1,500 blue seats when they were renovating their stadium. Time to re-evaluate your financial situation.
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I consider that trade to be an insult to the value as a baseball player and as a human being. Being traded for wood. Talk about low.
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