Why MLB Banned Dwarfs From Baseball

"A dwarf convinced the Yankees that he had mystical powers." ... Are you not going to elaborate on that at all??

Okay this story is all kinds of fucked up, but having his number be 1/8th is so funny 😂

6’ 7” Aaron judge uses his freak genetics to excel at baseball: I sleep 3’ 7” Eddie Gaedel uses his freak genetics to excel at baseball: real shit

"He never actually got to play, the team would just rub him for good luck before at bats." I was not expecting the end of that sentence

To add a bit onto Gaedel's story: Bob Cain, the Tigers pitcher, found the situation so unbelievable that (per Veeck) he "was laughing so hard that he could barely throw" after the first two pitches. Cain was also the only major leaguer to attend Gaedel's funeral.

Altuve must've slipped into the league unnoticed

"He died 10 years later by getting beat up when leaving a bowling alley" Somehow the part of the video that made me want some elaboration the most

He was beat to death outside of a bowling alley and then the next day they voided his contract and banned dwarves from playing? Thats some shady as hell shit right there.

Every morning Bill Veeck woke up, he said, "I have the greatest idea to sell more tickets!"

Even though baseball doesn’t exist, this channel still makes kick ass videos about it. Major skill

“They didn’t let him play they just rubbed him for good luck” made my day😂

Eddie Gaedel's grandnephew nearly joined him in the majors. 6'3" OFer Kyle Gaedele was drafted in the 6th round of the 2011 MLB draft and made it to AA before flaming out. He still plays independent ball

"A GOOD LUCK DWARF" god i love baseball so much

The part where it turned into a documentary about Bill Veeck was the funniest bit

A couple things 1. The most common phenotype of dwarfism results in a relatively normal torso length and short legs. 2. It seems possible to me that a little person could be good enough at baseball that they could contribute in ways besides getting walked. The fastest little people in the world can run 100m in under 15 seconds. Thats definitely slow by mlb standards but not unheard of. Dwarfism has an incidence of 1/25000, so there are around 15000 little people in the united states, including about 2000 men in or near their athletic prime. Extend that to the whole world and you get around 40000 eligible little people. Remember, they dont need to be mlb caliber in their skills, they would just need to be good enough that they arent completely useless on the field-- good enough that the advantages they bring outweigh the deficits in "traditional" baseball performance

It would take a dwarf with mystical powers to convince the Yankees to hire a dwarf claiming to have mystical powers.

Another banger. Now it sounds like we need a whole video just for Bill Veeck

The old school RuneScape lobster icon was a solid choice for that bit

I was very short growing up, I actually made the cities highest level of baseball team. I was on the team for 1 reason; to get walked and steal every base to home. I was one of the fastest guys and my strikezone was so small pitchers rarely struck me out. I played outfield and 2nd base.

3:56 Okay, I noticed that RuneScape '36' font and lobster! Smooth! 😛