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Edward Carl
Gaedel (June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) was the
smallest player to
appear in a
Major League Baseball game.
Gaedel gained recognition in the...
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these saw Brian's
death in 1014. Brian's
campaign is
glorified in the
Cogad Gáedel re
Gallaib ("The War of the
Gaels with the Foreigners"). The
Irish Church...
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Cogad Gáedel re
Gallaib ("The War of the
Irish with the Foreigners") is a
medieval Irish text that
tells of the
depredations of the
Vikings and Uí Ímair...
- part of the
foreigners of Ireland') fell therein. The more
partisan Cogad Gáedel re
Gallaib indulges in hyperbole,
claiming that "since the
Battle of Mag...
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number 1⁄8.
Knowing that
Gaedel had no
strike zone to
speak of,
Veeck ordered Gaedel to keep his bat on his shoulder, and
Gaedel walked on four straight...
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leader of the
Great Heathen Army, as king of the "dark heathens", and
Cogad Gáedel re
Gallaib identifies Bárid mac Ímair, King of
Dublin as the
leader of the...
- at a
magazine and is Sherman's
girlfriend throughout the book.
Stephen Gaedel,
history professor.
Sherman rents a room in Stephen's apartment. Jane Pekar...
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death of Ímar, with Bárid
probably succeeding him as King of Dublin.
Cogad Gáedel re
Gallaib names a son of Amlaíb, most
likely Oistin, as
raiding with him...
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Ingvar (i.e. Ivar), Ubbe and
Halfdan who,
judging from the
Irish Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, were sons of a
Ragnall (Ragnar or a
similar name). Björn is...
- times. "Midget
Gaedel": In 1951, St.
Louis Browns owner Bill
Veeck hired Gaedel for a one-day stunt,
sending the 3-foot, 7-inch
Eddie Gaedel up to the plate...
