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MLB's milestone players: 10,000th-19,000th By JohnW53 on Apr 17, 2021, 6:58am CDT + 20,000th player since the the first game played in the National Association, the first true league. Through Thursday, the count stood at 19,944. This is the second of 2 posts looking at the players who were the 1,000th, 2,000th, etc., to appear in a big league game. This post covers the 10,000th through 19,000th. .......... Andy Kosco, pinch hitter, age 23, for Minnesota Twins, American League Kosco became No. 10,000 exactly 94 years, 3 months and 9 days after the first 18 players squared off on M...

That affiliation, however, wasn’t with the Dodgers but with the then-Florida Marlins. At spring training in 2006, Traub, then as now the Isotopes general manager (he since has added the title of vice president), ran into Lasorda in Vero Beach, Fla. With the Isotopes planning to host the 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game, Traub wanted Lasorda to bring his larger-than-his-midsection personality and countless funny stories to be the keynote speaker at the All-Star Game luncheon. Traub sweetened the offer by making Lasorda the first inductee to the Albuquerque Pro Baseball Hall of Fame, which is a fr...