Julio....

[Attezz]

Is now the oldest player in the history of baseball to hit a home run.

Opposite field in Petco, no less.

[malnuboy]

how many pitches was Peavy up to? Why did they pull him

[Attezz]

Peavy was under 100, but was pinch hit for with the bases loaded and no outs in the 8th, Pads come up empty, but no big deal because Linebrink and Hoffman only need to get 6 outs.

Nope, maybe they should have just let Peavy taken a strike out, and not pinch hit for Dave Roberts?

[OctoFranco]

YES!

God bless you Julio.

I waited the final two months of last season to see this, but it never happened.

Glad to know that man finally squeezed it in.  God fucking bless him.  And he does love god, and Jesus too.

Also, opposite field should be a given.

That should make him 2/7 now.  He has only appeared this season as a PH.  Think his 2006 baseball cards will reflect this?

[BDawk]

How can you not like Julio? And I don't think anyone really believes he's actually 48. I'm sure he's really in his 50's.
The guy who caught the ball traded it for a bat. I wish he would have asked Julio to sign a copy of RBI Baseball.

[Big Hath]

The guy who caught the ball traded it for a bat. I wish he would have asked Julio to sign a copy of RBI Baseball.

and then asked him why he is so bad in the game

[BDawk]

...that too

[ericdavisfan]

Give Julio a break.  Unbeknownst to us, but knownst to him and the RBI programmers, he was still a good 15 - 20 years away from his "prime."  He was just a pup in RBI.

[Attezz]

He got a decent ovation when he came to bat in the 8th, which I found surprising considerng it was a one run game with a guy on second and only one out.

[Nacho]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260420125

[Nacho]

Is Julio Franco a HOFer?

[TempoGL]

nate and i were debating that last night.  we think he will be.

nacho, how is it that you are coming to chicago and saturday and didn't tell us?  we found out from payne...for shame.

[DamnTheCowboys]

AS much as I like Julio, there's no way in hell he's a Hall of Famer.

[fknmclane]

Jack Quinn, who was 46 years, 357 days old when he homered on June 27, 1930.

Am I missing something here?

edit  I'm keeping my post up. Fuck it.  Everyone already knows I'm a complete and utter retard.  A little reinforcement never hurts.

[ultimate7]

Did you think he was 357 years old?

[BeeJay]

In drunk mclane land, there are only 355 days in a year.

[fknmclane]

In drunk mclane land, there are only 355 days in a year.

Wrong...356 days in a year.  And I'm sober and out of beer.

[Gantry]

Wrong...356 days in a year.  And I'm sober and out of beer.

There's your problem!

[Big Hath]

Wrong...356 days in a year.  And I'm sober and out of beer.

There's your problem!

ha - love that one

"Someone set this thing to 'Evil'."

[Nacho]

nacho, how is it that you are coming to chicago and saturday and didn't tell us?  we found out from payne...for shame.

I was literally only there for about 4 hours.  I presented a paper at a Political Science conference, had a beer at the hotel bar (where the conference was held) and left.  I suppose I coulda stayed and called you guys, but I pulled a Sally and came back right away.