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February 09, 2015
Semi-regular update: Julio Franco is still playing baseball.:
Julio Franco was teammates with Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro (born in 1939) and current all-star Carlos Gomez (born in 1985).
Do what you love.
posted by werty at 04:06 PM on February 09, 2015
Julio Franco's debut as a pro baseball player is closer to Pearl Harbor than it is today.
Julio Franco has been alive during most of the World Series. He is only four months younger than Major League Baseball being played in California. He is exactly as old as the FAA, older than the integrated circuit and the John Birch Society.
posted by Etrigan at 04:24 PM on February 09, 2015
Damn. And he's 5 months younger than me.
posted by Scottymac at 06:07 PM on February 09, 2015
Julio Franco played with Mike Hargrove. Hargrove retired, became a manager, and then retired as a manager, and Franco was still playing in the majors.
posted by grum@work at 06:35 PM on February 09, 2015
In one of those "who would have guessed", two titans of baseball longevity, Julio Franco & Nolan Ryan, never faced each other in a real MLB game.
posted by grum@work at 06:37 PM on February 09, 2015
Yeah, but they were teammates for several years and the time before that was chalked up to no inter-league play.
I've always loved Julio. I hope he keeps on keeping on for as long as he can.
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:05 PM on February 09, 2015
Julio Franco played with Mike Hargrove. Hargrove retired, became a manager, and then retired as a manager, and Franco was still playing in the majors.
And also played for Mike Hargrove!
posted by bender at 08:55 PM on February 09, 2015
If anyone remembers, Julio Franco was with the Phillies. He was involved in one of the worse trades we ever made. I can't remember the name of the bum we got for Franco and four other players. That's just how good he was.
posted by Bradyman at 01:09 AM on February 10, 2015
Von Hayes, who wasn't really a bum. And they sold high on a couple of the other players in the deal. Impressively, Manny Trillo generated 11.1 WAR in 17 seasons (or as Mike Trout calls it, "2012").
posted by yerfatma at 09:31 AM on February 10, 2015
I hope he keeps on keeping on for as long as he can.
Me too. How many get the chance to play for as long as he has? Heck, how many have the same career for this long? And it seems he's done with without chemical enhancement as well.
posted by NerfballPro at 11:45 AM on February 10, 2015
I hope he keeps on keeping on for as long as he can.
Me too. How many get the chance to play for as long as he has? Heck, how many have the same career for this long? And it seems he's done with without chemical enhancement as well.
posted by NerfballPro at 11:45 AM on February 10, 2015
When he started his MLB career, General Francisco Franco had only still been dead for seven years.
posted by yerfatma at 01:40 PM on February 10, 2015
When he started his professional baseball career, actor James Franco wasn't born yet.
posted by grum@work at 04:33 PM on February 10, 2015
When he started his professional baseball career, Franco American Spaghetti still had another 2 decades of brand life left.
posted by yerfatma at 08:52 AM on February 11, 2015
To be frank, Oprah's net worth was about $6 when Julio took his first at-bat.
posted by dfleming at 12:27 PM on February 11, 2015
Damn. And he's 5 months younger than me.
Hey, he's only 18 years younger than I. Why shouldn't he be on the field? I can still work as an umpire, although it's at a level considerably below what Franco does. It's still baseball, still a sport that can be played/officiated by people of all ages, and still a lot of fun.
posted by Howard_T at 03:42 PM on February 11, 2015
From Baseball Think Factory:
Julio Franco's debut as a pro baseball player is closer to Pearl Harbor than it is today.