The oldest player going to camp is 47 year old Met Julio Franco, born 8/23/1958. The youngest is Justin Upton from the Dbacks, he’s 18, born 8/25/1987.

 

The player with the longest name in MLB camp is Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Catcher for the Braves. The shortest names are both pitchers, Jae Seo of the Dodgers and Joe Roa of the Pirates.

 

There are 238 left handed pitchers scheduled, 625 righties.

 

The lightest guy is Luis Figueroa a 140 lb infielder with the Jays. The heaviest is Walter Young of the Padres, a whopping 320 lb infielder.

 

... and a few more seconds until camps open are now behind us.

a 320 lb infielder?

a 320 lb infielder?

 

First base.

First base.

First and a half base!

Edited February 7, 200620 yr by RME JICO

He fat...

 

 

Reminds me of Mo Vaughn.

He fat...

 

 

Reminds me of Mo Vaughn.

 

Reminds me of Ted Washington

Reminds me of Ted Washington

 

Reminds me of the best United Way ad EVER.

The oldest player going to camp is 47 year old Met Julio Franco, born 8/23/1958. 

I thought Contreras was 75 or something.

The Fridge had a kid with a woman in the 80s?

19 different countries were represented in the big leagues in 2005.

Edited February 8, 200620 yr by TLAK

Um...Tlak...West Germany? South Vietnam? Um...yeah...it's been a while since those were countries...

Um...Tlak...West Germany?  South Vietnam?  Um...yeah...it's been a while since those were countries...

 

When Will Ohman, Edwin Jackson and Jeff Baker were born it was West Germany. And in 1973 when Danny Graves was born there were still two Viet Nams. I don't know their individual stories, but I would expect their Dad's were soldiers.

Reminds me of Ted Washington

 

There's just Mo of him

thanks for sharing, thats cool.

Very interesting info.