re: Throwback solid players from the 90s that you would only know about if you grew up then

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Julio Franco

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Juuuuullllliiiiioooo!! I can still picture his odd batting stance after all these years and remember him as one of the few bright spots for the horrendous Tribe teams I grew up watching in the 80s lol.

I was fricking livid when he was traded to the Rangers after the 1988 season for Odibie McDowell and a few other stiffs smdh.
and ofc in typical Cleveland fashion Mr Franco not only became a perennial All-Star in Texas, he was the AL MVP in 1990 and won the batting title in 1991 IIRC

Indians brought him back to Cleveland for the 1996 season as 1B/DH and he was a solid offensive contributor for the AL Central champs.