Rest in Peace Bat Man

Don't know if anyone else heard about this but last year an independent minor league baseball team traded one of its players to another team for 10 wooden baseball bats. Teams often trade players for cash but for some reason this was seen as different and made rounds on national sports news.  After the trade opposing fans ridiculed him with various nicknames.  If you have ever been to an independent minor league game more than half the fans are just there to drink and mock the opposing team.Well the story took a tragic twist in November, less than 6 months after the trade, when John C. Odom was found dead in Georgia from an accidental overdose from heroin, methamphetamine, the stimulant benzylpiperazine and alcohol. Teammates and coaches have since come out and say that he took the trade pretty hard. Life as a minor league player has to be hard with all the long bus trips and dirty hotels. To have your coaches and general manager say you were worth 10 planks of wood had to be devastating. Really a sad ending from a strange and seemingly innocent story.