I was so proud I could finish my career in the big leagues with the Braves.
"Andrew "Andy" Pafko" was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. From through , Pafko played for the Chicago Cubs (1943–51), Los Angeles Dodgers/Brooklyn Dodgers (1951–52) and Atlanta Braves/Milwaukee Braves (1953–59). He batted and threw right-handed. Pafko was born in Boyceville, Wisconsin.
In a 17-season career, Pafko was a .285 batting average/hitter with 213 home runs and 976 run batted in/RBI in 1852 games played/games.
More Andy Pafko on Wikipedia.For their record, they deserve to be in there, but their character has gone down.
Where is everybody? ... Are you kidding? You know where they're at. They're outside signing autographs for a thousand bucks or something.
Talk to the big man?
He just put the contract on the table and said, 'Would you mind signing?'
I think it's the owners fault. They sign these guys to multi-year contracts. They're guaranteed. They don't care if they hit .205 or .305. They're gonna get paid.
People tell me -- don't you wish you were playing today? ... I said -- yeah for the money, but the talent is not there. It's so diluted, because they've got 30 big league clubs.
In my day, I got paid for what I did last year.
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