Posted on August 24th, 2006 by Scraps.
Categories: Words, Sports, Comedy.
New York Met Julio Franco is my favorite player. He turned 48 today, and is not only still playing but is still an important part of his team.
Julio Franco has been around a while. Julio Franco played with Mike Hargrove, you know. Not for, with. Julio Franco played with Toby Harrah and Andre Thornton. Julio Franco played with Bake McBride and Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton.
Julio Franco played with Pete Rose.
Remember Neal Heaton? Neal Heaton played with Julio Franco. Neal Heaton is younger than Julio Franco. Brook Jacoby is younger than Julio Franco. Mel Hall and Joe Carter are younger than Julio Franco. Remember the great young Toronto outfield of the mid-80s? Jesse Barfield, Lloyd Moseby, and George Bell are all younger than Julio Franco. All three of them have been out of baseball for more than a dozen years. Jimmie Key is younger than Julio Franco. Tony Fernandez is three years younger than Julio Franco. Cecil Fielder is five years younger than Julio Franco.
Alvin Davis is younger than Julio Franco. So is Jim Presley. Spike Owen, Harold Reynolds, Darnell Coles, Mike Moore, Mark Langston, Mike Morgan, and the late Ivan Calderon are younger than Julio Franco. Danny Tartabull is four years younger than Julio Franco. So is Edwin Nunez. Phil Bradley is younger than Julio Franco, and Phil Bradley has been out of baseball for sixteen years.
Don Mattingly is younger than Julio Franco. Henry Cotto is younger than Julio Franco. Did you know that Bob Melvin is younger than Julio Franco? Cal Ripken is younger than Julio Franco. Larry Sheets and Storm Davis are younger than Julio Franco. Rich Gedman and Oil Can Boyd are younger than Julio Franco. Mike Greenwell is five years younger than Julio Franco. So is Bret Saberhagen.
Mark Gubicza is younger than Julio Franco. Devon White and Dick Schofield are four years younger than Julio Franco. Mike Witt and Kirk McCaskill are younger than Julio Franco. Ozzie Guillen is five years younger than Julio Franco.
Bo Jackson is four years younger than Julio Franco.
Kent Hrbek is younger than Julio Franco. So are Greg Gagne and Tom Brunansky and the late Kirby Puckett. Frank Viola is younger than Julio Franco. Mickey Tettleton is younger than Julio Franco, and so are Curt Young and Steve Ontiveros. Jose Rijo is six years younger than Julio Franco.
Ryne Sandberg is younger than Julio Franco. Billy Hatcher is, too. Juan Samuel, Von Hayes, and Glenn Wilson are younger than Julio Franco. Remember Joe Orsulak, Marvell Wynne, Sid Bream? All younger than Julio Franco. Mike Scoscia is younger than Julio Franco, and so is Steve Sax. Mariano Duncan, Mike Marshall (the outfielder), and Candy Maldonado are younger than Julio Franco. Fernando Valenzuela, Orel Hersheiser, and Tom Niedenfuer are younger than Julio Franco. Tom Browning and Nick Esasky are younger than Julio Franco.
There are at least six managers younger than Julio Franco: Ozzie Guillen, Bob Melvin, Mike Scioscia, Eric Wedge, Terry Francona, and John Gibbons.
Tony Gwynn is younger than Julio Franco. Andy Hawkins is younger than Julio Franco. Kevin Bass is younger than Julio Franco. Chili Davis, Jose Uribe, and Rob Deer are younger than Julio Franco. Matt Nokes and Dan Petry, too. Nelson Liriano is five years younger than Julio Franco. Manny Lee is six years younger.
(John Franco was still pitching last year at 45. He was the second-oldest Franco in the game.)
Steve Buechele is younger than Julio Franco. Oddibe McDowell is four years younger than Julio Franco. Terry Pendleton, Vince Coleman, and Andy Van Slyke are younger than Julio Franco. Willie McGee is younger than Julio Franco. Wally Backman, Howard Johnson, Daryl Strawberry, Ron Darling, Rick Aguilera, Roger McDowell, and Calvin Schiraldi are younger than Julio Franco. Lenny Dykstra and Sid Fernandez are four years younger than Julio Franco. Dwight Gooden is six years younger.
Jesse Orosco is not younger than Julio Franco.
I could go on, but I’m tired.
God bless Julio Franco.
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