Juio Franco....46 years old and still slugging

[American]

He's the oldest non-pitcher to play in the majors since 1934. Unbelievable. And he's still hitting the crap out of the ball.

 

[Journeyman]

very underrated career IMO...Franco has over 3000 lifetime hits if you add his Japan years...A lifetime .300 hitter who stole a lot bases way back when...He may be back for 2005 even!

 

[RobFunk]

it is crazy. .i am 30 and one of my child hood idols still is playing. unreal. i absolutely love his stance how he holds the bat almost level to the ground. very unorthodox. he got into it a lot sooner when he was younger though. . .

 

[Journeyman]

Franco signed his first MLB contract in 1978 Phi.

Just amazing how long ago he came up , it was like 3 baseball era's ago...he always could hit, always a tough out.

 

[VaultedTreehouse]

He's actually probably older than that. They all lie about their age.

 

[tuleythetout]

What's all this nonsense, which I also heard on ESPN, about Franco "being the oldest non-pitcher..."

Minnie Minoso was a non-pitcher...two at-bats for White Sox in 1980 at age 57.

 

[picasso]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tuleythetout:
What's all this nonsense, which I also heard on ESPN, about Franco "being the oldest non-pitcher..."

Minnie Minoso was a non-pitcher...two at-bats for White Sox in 1980 at age 57. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, one of many White Sox gimmicks back then. This particular one was to allow Minoso to play in 5 different decades. He actually got a hit in one of his at-bats and was subsequently pinch-run for.

 

[tuleythetout]

Julio Franco is the oldest non-gimmick player...that should appease everyone.

 

[sharky99]

I remember a couples of years ago when nobody wanted to sign him, he looked in incredible shape and was tearing up the Mexican League that the Braves took a chance on him, so far so good!!

 

[Journeyman]

Franco batting cleanup today for a first place Braves team...and still batting .300 (his career avg)

 

[nochanceinhell]

amazing how he can hit a triple to tie the game. unbelievable

 

[JimFiestSux]

That was a long single at best! Ricky Ledee sux, ran the wrong route to cut that ball off, not only swinging on ball 4 two times in a row and having cruz thrown out at second! LEDEE SUX.