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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have heard of Eddie Gaedel. At 3'7, he is the shortest person ever to play in a major-league game. In a stunt in 1951, Bill Veeck, owner of the St. Louis Browns, sent Gaedel to bat. He instructed Gaedel to stand at the plate and not swing and Gaedel promptly walked on four pitches...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Stealing Dreams | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...while Gaedel never again appeared in a game, he went down in the Guiness Book of World Records as the shortest person ever to play in the major leagues. His picture is surely somewhere in Cooperstown...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Stealing Dreams | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...movie "Field of Dreams," the character of Dr. Archibald "Moonlight" Graham is shown as a tender-hearted old man who once played in one inning of a major-league game but never got to bat and never figured into a defensive play...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Stealing Dreams | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

Moonlight Graham actually did exist and, although some of the facts of his life were changed for the movie, he did only play in one major-league inning and never made it to the plate...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Stealing Dreams | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...been on a major league baseball field before. Actually, twice. Once was during a tour of the now-deceased Kingdome in Seattle and the other was on a tour of SkyDome in Toronto. Both were exciting in their own right, but it's just not the same without the screaming legions supporting...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goin' Bohlen: Stealing Dreams | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

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