Saturday 18 April 2015

Eddie Gaedel - Space Midget! (1959)

Something to do with baseball and entertaining the crowds!  I don't really understand cricket to any great degree so there's no hope of me going into detail here.

"In 1959, Eddie made his last public appearance, dressed as a Martian and appearing out of a flying saucer at Comiskey Park in Chicago. He presented his Martian ray gun to White Sox players Nellie Fox and Minie Minoso"
...... according to one website.  Now you know as much as me.  Still,  great images.

Steve
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  1. Brent Kling19 April 2015 at 09:52

    Simply searched "midget spaceman" "TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER Veeck entertained fans in 1959 when midgets dressed as spacemen landed at Comiskey Park by helicopter."

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    1. Steve19 April 2015 at 13:31

      Good man. Don't know why I didn't think of that. It was fun to set the challenge and have it taken up with such efficiency.

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