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WSUCougar
05-02-2005, 08:56 AM
...started at first base for the Atlanta Braves and batted clean up against the Cardinals Saturday.

The man is 46 years old.

F'in phenomenal.
VPI97
05-02-2005, 09:02 AM
http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/VPI97/juliofrancodon.jpg
st.cronin
05-02-2005, 09:38 AM
20 years ago he was Jimmy Rollins.
Logan
05-02-2005, 10:00 AM
Scary thing is, he might even be older.
Mustang
05-02-2005, 10:07 AM
Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...
Sharpieman
05-02-2005, 10:13 AM
Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...
:D
miked
05-02-2005, 10:15 AM
I read a funny piece in the back of SI a few months ago about Julio Franco. I wish I could remember some of the funny quotes, but I think it was a Rick Reilly piece about how old he really is and how much he's done.

Edit: Found one funny quote...
``He might be 58 for all we know,'' Reilly wrote. ``One, he's Dominican, and a birth certificate to a Dominican is like an odometer to a used-car salesman. Two, he doesn't celebrate his birthday -- only Jesus'.'
bryce
05-02-2005, 12:27 PM
I read that he wants to play until he's 50, or three more years I think.

He's my girlfriend's favorite player ever (we're Rangers fans, so this dates back to the early 90s), and the reason she loves baseball to this day. For her birthday last year, I framed about 10 of his baseball cards, including his rookie, and arranged them to surround an autographed picture of him as a Ranger. Now, though, as we are starting to plan to move in together (the girlfriend and I, not Julio and I), I didn't think about the possibility of this thing becoming the centerpiece in our living room... Ah well, could be worse - At least she's not a Barry Bonds fan... And she may be the one and only Julio Franco worshipper. ever...
JonInMiddleGA
05-02-2005, 01:14 PM
Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...

Gold.
weinstein7
05-02-2005, 05:24 PM
Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...

I had a good line, but I can't follow that.

Winner!
Crapshoot
05-02-2005, 08:35 PM
Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...

right about now, I support Franklin's quest to have the Quote feature restored.. :D
Ragone
05-02-2005, 09:46 PM
If this was baseball mogul his career would have been over 8-12 years ago