In the grand tapestry of baseball history, it can be easy to forget who was leaving the game just as another generation was joining, and which stars overlapped and influenced one another. It only gets tougher as additional generations join the lexicon, while more and more stars from the recent past get gray around the temples. One moment at The National Collectors Convention last week, shared between Yankees legend Bernie Williams and Cardinals de facto captain Yadier Molina helped bridge the gap a little.
It was tough to miss that Molina and Williams, passing one another at the autograph stages, took extended time to embrace and converse.