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Originally Posted by pewe
I agree… @TBP… ready to admit it??? 
Re: thread, how does it not seem relevant to observe that players who have a long successful career and retire with that team receive larger adulation than if they moonlight elsewhere for a while and then return for a final farewell year or never???
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It’s fine to do but it’s also fine that most here seem to disagree. I think it’s more accurate that people identify players with the teams they had their best seasons with. I started watching baseball in the 80s which was already well into free agency and player movement era. Most of the legends who I actually saw play from the beginning of their careers played for more than one team and a lot had significant success with multiple teams. Griffey, Bonds, McGwire, Clemens, Henderson, Molitor, Gooden, Eckersly, Ichirio, Reggie, Ryan, Pujols, etc etc. Many more from the past 40 years that are were the best players of their generations and there are only a handful that played with the same team their entire career and I don’t give them extra credit for it. I’m not a Mariners fan but for example I don’t think Edgar Martinez is on the same level as Griffey, Ichiro or Randy Johnson and I certainly don’t think he’s more of a legend because he played with one team.