One More Cup of Coffee

February 1st, 2010 comments 6

One More Cup of Coffee is the final go-round of the weather-beaten veteran*.  In these last days, he no longer seeks glory – he just hangs on, content to play a minor role. Once he was a star. He yanked homeruns down the line, h blew fastballs by  sluggers. Now his body, unaided by performance enhancers, aches terribly. To pinch hit in a tie game, to face just one lefty in the seventh inning – these are enough to sustain his spirit.  Just one more cup of coffee before I go…

Notable One More Cups of Coffee:

  • Ken Griffey Jr, 2010
  • Steve Carlton after the Phillies
  • Rickey Henderson’s 2005 comeback with the San Diego Surf Dawgs
  • The Rolling Stones, 1981-Present
  • Any Oakland DH

One More Cup of Coffee in the RBI Database

*Please note that by One More Cup of Coffee, a player could in fact mean two, three, or even seven more cups of coffee.

Also, there are a million examples of this phenomenon. Help us out. Let’s see some in the comments.

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