When Charlie Morton first debuted in MLB, the first Iron Man movie had just come out, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were getting hitched, Heath Ledger was winning acclaim as the Joker in The Dark Knight, and Phillies were on their way to being crowned World Series champions.

Eighteen years is a long time, especially in baseball. And while we can’t quite say that Charlie Morton was sharp in his last season, this was a baseball career worth saluting. As interim manager Tony Mansolino said when Morton was traded at the break (Manso may not have won the permanent manager role, but he did give great postgame quotes!), “Guys like Charlie, they stay in the big leagues for 20 years because they’re really good, they’re great players, but they also stay in the big leagues for 20 years because of their characte

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