Brandon Waddell had a successful return to baseball in the United States

With a rich history going back over 150 years, baseball is full of mythic figures, normal men whose achievements have been metamorphosed into feats of legends. Rube Waddell was one such man. While the numbers immediately pop off the page- a cumulative 2.16 ERA in 2961.1 innings, two ERA titles, six consecutive seasons leading the American League in strikeouts from 1902–1907- it was because of the man himself that the legend of Rube Waddell was born. “A decidedly different sort of child,” recounted by baseball author and historian Alan Levy, Waddell’s strange proclivities on and off the field earned him a place in the mythos of the immortals. Many an excellent turn-of-the-century pitcher have been forgotten about in the eternal march of time, but thanks to unpredictable behavior that has al