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TIL in 2005, a L.A. Dodgers pitcher offered the Miami Marlins batboy $500 if he could drink a gallon of milk in under an hour without throwing up. The batboy drank the milk in 59 minutes but threw up outside the clubhouse. The episode prompted the Marlins to suspend the batboy for 6 games.

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