In the young 2011 baseball season, 44-year-old Omar Vizquel has become:
Omar Vizquel Is A Billion Years Old, Approximately
- ↵↵the second-oldest player to appear as a shortstop in MLB history (Bobby Wallace)
- ↵the fourth-oldest player to appear as a third baseman in MLB history (Jimmy Austin, Julio Franco, Bobby Wallace)
- ↵the fifth-oldest player to appear as a second baseman in MLB history (Arlie Latham, Johnny Evers, Kid Gleason, Bobby Wallace)
↵↵Aside from Franco and Wallace, all the players mentioned above did so on the merits of novelty appearances, years after their everyday careers had ended. Vizquel, by the way, is 180 hits from the 3,000-hit milestone that people still care about.
↵Oh, and Arlie Latham? Yes, he was also known as “The Freshest Man On Earth,” “The Hustler From Hustletown,” and “The Dude,” and no, this isn’t the first time we’ve brought him up.
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