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John Odom, Once Traded for Bats, Dies

By John WaltersMar 4th 2009 – 6:00AM

Never did I believe that when we wrote about a minor league ballplayer that was traded for 10 maple bats that the story would have such a tragic ending. Sadder still than John Odom dying from an accidental drug and alcohol overdose was that it took four months before the world at large knew of it."I guarantee this trade...

Minor League Spotlight: Traded for Bats

By MulletMay 23rd 2008 – 6:10PM

Minor League Spotlight is the MLB FanHouse's look into baseball's minor leagues. But you probably figured that out already.When other teams know that you absolutely have to trade somebody, like the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League had to trade pitcher John Odom because they couldn't get him in the country for...

JohnOdom News From the Web

  • 05/06/12 Harker Heights to buy Medicine Man property Source: Killeen Daily Herald - Killeen TX Dave Haley was honored with the Comanche Gap Medicine Man award Saturday during a ceremony that also featured a surprise announcement about the property where the event takes place.
  • 05/03/12 ‘All-star' healer Source: Killeen Daily Herald - Killeen TX The exhibits dotting the landscape around the picnic area on Bill Alford's Comanche Gap property have remained the same for years.
  • 04/19/12 How to finance a commercial development project in a... Source: Charlotte Business Journal - Charlotte NC Attending the inaugural Downtown Raleigh Alliance Economic Forum on April 18, Raleigh city councilman John Odom noted that on one side of the room attendees were talking about how difficult it still is to secure financing to build new commercial development projects.

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