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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
Reese and Griffith both came to my mind, but I was only thinking of MLB cards even though that wasn't specified as a parameter by anyone. Just how my mind was working, in spite of the fact that Eric already threw Casey's Old Mill into the conversation.
If minor league cards are to be taken into consideration, Reese should definitely be our winner! Talk about a long career, and just like Charlie Wagner, another great person.
On a related note, has it ever dawned on anyone else that these baseball lifers with ridiculously long careers seemed to be unusually nice people and beloved by so many? I was friends with a few men who fit the bill, and that could unfailingly be said about all of them, too.
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Self-selecting. If you’re a jerk, you can still have a long playing career if you’re a star. But teams aren’t going to keep you around as a coach for decades after that.