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What I hate about Minoso - no matter how good he was in his prime and what a nice guy he was - is the fact that he came out of retirement in 1976 for a few AB's at age 50 and again in 1980 at 54, only to have played in five decades ...
Things like that make me mad, since these are things players do to get some individual "records", not to help the team.
When Nolan Ryan pitched after his 46th birthday, he was still an important part of the team, while Minoso's "un-retirements" only were PR-gimmicks - and as far as I'm concerned, that overshadows his achievements during his career.
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I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day.
And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play,
and I say it's because he's black,
that might not be a satisfactory answer.
Happy Chandler, 1947
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