Gaedel's major league career lasted just the one plate appearance, but with Veeck's 1959 acquisition of the White Sox, the native Chicagoan once again found some high-profile, albeit non-playing, ballpark employment. On May 26, 1959, a helicopter carrying Gaedel and three other dwarfs dressed as spacemen "invaded" Comiskey Park, its apparent mission being the delivery of "ray guns" to two of the White Sox' smallest players, Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio, to whom Gaedel reportedly confided, "I don't want to be taken to your leader. I've already met him." On April 19, 1961, Veeck hired several dwarfs and midgets, including Gaedel, as vendors, allegedly due to "some complaints" from fans regarding hitherto blocked sight lines.
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Ok, Steve Bartman. 😂😂
Give me 5
Hank Aaron
Nate Archibald
Lifetime achievement!
Gaedel's major league career lasted just the one plate appearance, but with Veeck's 1959 acquisition of the White Sox, the native Chicagoan once again found some high-profile, albeit non-playing, ballpark employment. On May 26, 1959, a helicopter carrying Gaedel and three other dwarfs dressed as spacemen "invaded" Comiskey Park, its apparent mission being the delivery of "ray guns" to two of the White Sox' smallest players, Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio, to whom Gaedel reportedly confided, "I don't want to be taken to your leader. I've already met him." On April 19, 1961, Veeck hired several dwarfs and midgets, including Gaedel, as vendors, allegedly due to "some complaints" from fans regarding hitherto blocked sight lines.
Doug Flutie (Grey Cup).
Edwin Moses
(The GOAT)
Satchel Paige
Earl Anthony
Yao Ming
George Brett
Tim Tebow (Florida Gators national champ and heisman winner)
FIFY
Walter Hagen
creepiest thing ever.............i literally signed in just now to say Hagen
Nick Price
edit: double used Price already, so.........Norm Nixon
(i'll let someone else have fun tackling an n)
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Hal Greer
Ralph Kiner
Ryan Howard
Dick Butkus
Sal Bando
Omar Vizquel
Larry Bowa
Aaron Rogers
Steve Carlton
what is going on?
hagen or nixon > hal greer works how?
and I'll end with Nellie Fox
bartman is twice the man than gaedel ever was. and gaedel was a legit answer, so...
xavier thomas - ncaa clemson
the next time someone tosses out a name with no nexus to the one prior to it i'm saying jadeveon clowney
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Yannick Noah
Horace Grant
Henry Ellard
Jadeveon Clowney
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
yale lary
nfl player but college world series champ
double dragon,
i hereby appoint myself 22 bonus points for starting and ending on the same letter, especially hard with a "y".
he also helped win the NFL championship game in '52.
so a two-sporter started and ending w/ same letter.
yet bartman is still a more recognizable sports figure. 😁
Fair enough. Y's are a tough nut to crack.
Yelberton Abraham Tittle.
well played.
his '62 topps always reminded me of al bundy.
should be vice versa, but i knew al bundy first.
It would be better if you started with the last post on the next page.
Earvin Johnson
Norm Cash
Harvey Haddix
Xander Bogaerts
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
sweetness
another 2 letter'er
Seve Ballesteros
another 2 letter'er & s'er
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Stephan Strasburg
Gene Tenace
Evonne Goolagong
ed jones
scott stevens
2 ltr'r.
Are you in a different time zone?
Stan Musial
normally or today?
and that depends what time zone you are in...
** eta: oh, i see why you ask! we have a tie up on the board!
but yours is posted first, so rules are rules.
galaxy can break out the clowney on me!**