This blog is full of lamentations about the increasingly fast world and my inability to keep up.
I look back on my moans on this topic from 10-15 years ago and smile at myself: “You have no idea, younger than you think at night owl”. I also mention how old I am in those long reports. But now it’s really the truth. I am old. By almost any definition (unless you are 80 and read this).
I cannot keep track of which aspect of the life we are tackling. And every moment it is time to learn something new – usually related to a gadget – I want to crawl under the covers and sing the 70s songs softly for myself.
This feeling of staying behind is almost every day with me. Baseball does not help either. The amount of transactions seems to multiply every year. I recently came across a transaction list that absolutely illustrated the accelerating rate with which players now move, but in typical old fashion I can’t remember where I saw it or really what the list was.
Here are the first 90 cards of the 2024 tops set, nine cards at the same time. I will point out the authorities of players that go further for each page:
Players continue: two.
Owen White (White Sox) and Joey Wiemer (Marlins)
Players continue: three
Josh Naylor (Diamondbacks, then Mariners), Nate Robertson (in Royals System), Nick Pivetta (Padres)
Players continue: three
Joey Votto (retired), Esteury Ruiz (Dodgers System), Rafael Devers (Giants)
Players continue: three
Samad Taylor (Mariners System), Willy Adames (Giants), Prelander Berroa (White Sox)
Players continue: An
Dylan stops (Padres)
Players continue: four
Paul Goldschmidt (Yankees), Cavan Biggio (Dodgers, Dan Braves, Dan Royals), Juan Soto (Yankees, then Mets), Nick Cortes Jr. (Brewers, then Padres)
Players continue: three
Isaiah Campbell (Red Sox), Justin Landander (Giants), Christian Walker (Astros)
Players continue: four
JD Davis (released from Angels), Jorge Polanco (Mariners), Stone Garrett (released), Griffin Carning (Mets)
Players continue: three
Mickey Moniak (Rockies), JP Sears (Padres), Nick Fortes (Rays)
Players continue: four
Curtis Mead (White Sox), Alex Bregman (Red Sox), Jose Rodriguez (Phillies System), Tyler GlasNow (Dodgers)
So that is 30 players from the first 90 cards that have continued since they appear in 2024 tops – just a year ago. But I have not counted different cards – competition leaders, team cards. So they are actually 30 players from 85 cards, or 35 percent.
It is clear that I have established nothing but “that seems a lot”. I should do this for a number of other sets, from the recent past and from decades ago to compare. Maybe I do that – like a kind of sometimes series in the coming months.
I will see how fast life goes.
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