Future Shock: Peerless Prodigies

First, a quick admission of guilt—I have a fascination with the freak show, or as they're called in a day of more political correctness, "human oddities." Long gone are the days where they were the main attraction at the circus and cultural icons, and it's long forgotten that someone like Zip the Pinhead made the equivalent of millions of dollars a year, was as well known during his time as any celebrity is now, and, when he died, his obituary was printed on the front page of the New York Times.

Baseball Prospectus