Only in Baseball

One of my favorite parts about baseball is the unusual trades that go on quite frequently in the game. The most common type of trade that you never hear about in any other sport is the well-known "player to be named later" trade. Team A will trade Player A to team B for a "player to be named later." Talk about trusting the other team not to stick you with someone worthless! Or maybe there's something in the trade deal that requires comparable value. I don't know.e
Well, a quite unusual trade has just been reported by the media. You can read the story here. Apparently, a minor league team in Canada has traded one of their players for baseball bats. Yes, you read that correctly: baseball bats. I guess the team had trouble getting the guy into the country, so they decided to get something of value out of signing him. Still, it is a bit odd to trade a player for bats. What next? Trading a player for catching gear?
Only in baseball can you find such unusual trades, and that's one reason why I enjoy following the sport.