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Old 08-25-2024, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucas00 View Post
In professional baseball (counting a few years in the minors) Reds Tenure was 76 years with 74 of them being consecutive. (And 67 years just with the Cardinals). That's longer than Dusty Baker is old. Connie Mack I believe is 65 years total.
And therefore what? You don't get a card for being an executive or consultant or whatever Red was in his 70s and 80s, we are talking about player - manager sequence. Jake said it was "amazing" Red had a card 38 years after 1952 Topps (42 years from his RC) and I'm putting that in context.
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