Joe Sprinz, a 37-year-old minor league catcher, is no stranger to this lack of progression.
Today is August 3rd, 1939, and Joe is occupying a baseball diamond. He is 16 seasons into what will ultimately be a 23-season career as a professional baseball player.
By the end of it, he’ll appear in 2,224 games. 2,223 of those are minor league games, just 21 of them are major league games. He’ll never really break through because while he’s a great teammate and excellent catcher defensively, he just can’t hit that well. Joe, therefore, is a minor league lifer.
Is this a pointless career? Well, not to us. Surely not to
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