Julio Franco...
 

...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.

20 years ago he was Jimmy Rollins.

Scary thing is, he might even be older.

Just imagine the records Julio would have if he didn't miss those 3 years due to World War 2...

:D

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'.'

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...

Gold.

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

Winner!

right about now, I support Franklin's quest to have the Quote feature restored.. :D

If this was baseball mogul his career would have been over 8-12 years ago