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'''John C. Odom''' (January 6, 1982 – November 5, 2008) was a [[minor league baseball]] right-handed [[pitcher]] notable for being traded for ten [[baseball bat]]s while playing in the independent [[Golden Baseball League]] in May 2008. Before his stint in the Golden Baseball League, Odom played baseball at [[Tallahassee Community College]] and in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants.
 
Because of the trade, Odom was known to fans as "Bat Man", "Bat Guy" and "Bat Boy."<ref name="salon">{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Ben|date=March 3, 2009|url=http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2009Mar03/0,4675,BBODeathofaBatMan,00.html|title=A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats|work=[[Fox News]]|archiveurl=https://archive.istoday/20170523043533/http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2009Mar03/0,4675,BBODeathofaBatMan,00.html|archivedate=May 23, 2017|url-status=live|accessdate=May 23, 2017}}</ref> Odom left baseball three weeks after the trade, and he died of an accidental drug overdose a few months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadspin.com/5163870/the-sad-demise-of-john-odom-the-player-traded-for-bats |title=The Sad Demise Of John Odom, The Player Traded For Bats |last=Chandler |first=Rick |date=March 3, 2009 |work=[[Deadspin]] |access-date=April 21, 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.istoday/20170421035833/http://deadspin.com/5163870/the-sad-demise-of-john-odom-the-player-traded-for-bats |archivedate=April 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Early life==