Thread: Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!
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Old Sat May 05, 2007, 09:42am
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
And here's one for you! Randy Johnson pitched last night for the D'backs. When he faced Julio Franco of the Mets, it was the highest combined age for a pitcher/hitter matchup in the history of MLB. Franco is almost 49 years old and Johnson is almost 44.
I have to wonder if you're related to the Elias of sports statistics fame.

Also, I've heard from Mets fans that Franco's age isn't quite pinned down.
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