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Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander stands on the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium and watches pitcher Satchel Paige at work. Paige is a member of the New York Black Yankees. The Colorado Rockies feel distant from baseball’s oldest legends because, frankly, they should. The club didn’t take the field until 1993. Honus Wagner debuted in 1897 and last played in 1917. Satchel Paige’s career stretches back into an era that Major League Baseball spent decades pretending did not fully exist. Mickey Mantle belongs to baseball cards, post-war Yankee dominance, and bad knees.
The Rockies belong to the Blake Street Bombers, purple pinstripes, altitude, and Rocktober. Baseball is most definitely organized into distinct eras, but it is ultimately interconnected by the people.
Careers overlap. Young players share clubhouses with old legends. A veteran who barely passed through…
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