Ever seen a pop-up slide at home plate? How about a cycle in the first five innings? Watch the highlights and get some insight on the Mets taking over first place and Jimmy Rollins returning to Philadelphia in my latest MLB recap for CBS Local.
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MLB Lifers
My great Aunt Naj used to tell a story about buying a Yankees yearbook. She liked that it would serve her not just for the year printed on the cover, but likely for a few seasons. “Nowadays,” she would say, “it’s outdated in five minutes.” She was born in 1928, more than 40 years before Curt Flood got the ball rolling on free agency, and didn’t like all the roster turnover of modern baseball.
When the 2015 yearbooks are released, Jimmy Rollins will not appear in the Phillies’ book for the first time in his 15-year career. He was traded to the Dodgers a few days ago. It was yet another reminder that the “lifer,” defined here as someone who played his entire career of at least 10 seasons for just one franchise, may soon be obsolete.
The Sportswriting of Andrew Kahn 