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Line 15: '''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=2009-03-03\| url=http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/us/2009/03/03/D96MPF700_bbo_death_of_a_bat_man/index.html \| title=A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats \| accessdate=2009-03-04}}</ref> Odom left baseball athree ~~month~~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=http://archive.is/2017.04.21-035833/http://deadspin.com/5163870/the-sad-demise-of-john-odom-the-player-traded-for-bats \|archivedate=April 21, 2017 \|deadurl=no}}</ref> ==Early life==

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