Benny Rodriguez

Benjamin Franklin "Benny" Rodriguez best known as "Benny the Jet" was a major league right fielder (from 1968 to 1999).

Minor Leagues (1967-1968)
Rodriguez spent two years breezing by the minors for the Greens. Two months with their Atlantic Coast League team, the ACL Greens. Three months with Class-A Hickory Gators and another three months with Class-A Advanched Myrtle Beach Fiji Fighters. He also eight months altogether with Double-A Frisco Reds and Triple-A Round Rock Goldies.

Albuquerque Greens
Rodriguez debuted in the majors on June 8, 1968 for the Albuquerque Greens. In his first four games Rodriguez batted .200 with 2 runs, I home run, and a RBI. At the end of the season Rodriguez had a average of .285 with 3 runs, 7 home runs, and 30 RBIs. In the post-season the Greens defeated the Syracuse Knouckots 4-2, while Rodriguez played Game 2,3, and 5.

Traded to Denver
In the off-season of early 1969 Rodriguez was traded to the Denver Hawks for left fielder, Andy Boyce. With his new Rodriguez started in every opening day, in his first four opening days Rodriguez batted .352 with 8 runs and 4 RBIs. At the end of 1974, Rodriguez had already won 2 World Series championships (1969 and 1973) with Denver.

Traded to the Toledo
After the season of 1974 the Hawks lost vision with Rodriguez as they lost to the Toledo Muts (who won the 1974 championship against the Venus Tigers) in the CLCS, 4-1. Despite the fact that they lost to Toledo they traded Rodriguez and catcher, Ron Mason to Toledo for shortstop, Kevin Macias. Toledo quickly put Rodriguez in the starting lineup in his first four months at Toledo he batted .352 with 37 runs, 26 home runs, 52 RBIs, and 156 hits. At the end of 1978 the Muts had only won 1 World Series championship (1975) with Rodriguez.

Historical Controversy
This history has been proven to be a hoax for a number of reasons.

1) This page posits an alternate reality in which the MLB does not exist, but has been replaced with a league of fictional teams. However:

a) The Sandlot boys are regularly seen wearing MLB and Negro League caps (LA Angels and KC Monarchs as examples).

b) The Beast's owner talks about how he played in the Negro Leagues and was not permitted to play in MLB, which suggests a timeline leading up to the movie that is very close to reality at that point.

c) The dang GREAT BAMBINO!!!!!!!

d) Perhaps most damning of all: Benny is undeniably a member of the Los Angeles at the end of the movie. This rules out the possibility that sometime between the 1960's and the ending of the movie, the entire MLB was completely overhauled, with nothing but new teams.