A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090303%2Fcapt.9e534ea799d245d18ba9a92fb47c4bea.death_of_a_bat_man_ny154.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this May 28, 2008, file photo, Laredo Bronco's pitcher John Odom talks with local media about his unusual trade before the start of a game against the Alexandria Aces at Bringhurst Field in Alexandria, La. Odom was the minor leaguer traded last year for 10 baseball bats — a player who went from pitcher to punch line. Six months later, he died in anonymity of drug-related causes.(AP Photo/Tia Owens-Powers, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_re_us/bbo_death_of_a_bat_man)AP - "Bat Man" or "Bat Guy" or "Bat Boy" — that's what they called him.</p><br clear="all"/>
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_re_us/bbo_death_of_a_bat_man