THE 80s ARE FADING

As a baseball fan from the 1980s, I grew up watching players like Wade Boggs, Joe Carter, Kirby Puckett, Mike Schmidt, Robin Yount, Gary Carter, George Brett, just to name a few.

Now that the 2008 season is in the books, I wanted to look back at the players who are STILL playing who started out playing in the 1980s.

THE LIST, FIRST WITH THE PITCHERS

GREG MADDUX
RANDY JOHNSON
JOHN SMOLTZ
TOM GLAVINE
JAMIE MOYER
KENNY ROGERS
TOM GORDON
KENT MERCKER
RUDY SEANEZ

NOW, POSITION PLAYERS

KEN GRIFFEY
OMAR VIZQUEL

PLAYERS WHO WILL PROBABLY RETIRE OR WON'T BE SIGNED

OMAR VIZQUEL
TOM GORDON
RUDY SEANEZ
KENT MERCKER

NOW, HOW MANY ARE GUARANTEED TO PLAY IN 2009 CONTRACTUALLY

GARY SHEFFIELD

PLAYERS THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SIGN IN 2009

GREG MADDUX
RANDY JOHNSON
TOM GLAVINE
KEN GRIFFEY
JOHN SMOLTZ
JAMIE MOYER

HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 7 PLAYERS COULD BE LEFT FROM THE 1980s BY OPENING DAY 2009