He is the last Expo.
He is the last player to appear at Tiger Stadium.
He is the all-time winningest pitcher from Latin America.
Most of all, Bartolo Colon is a cheerful man of the people. Consider this moment from the Rangers' trip to Oakland in August.
As Colon reached the door to the visitors' clubhouse at The Coliseum, two workers shouted his name. Colon stopped, grinned when he spotted the workers and warmly greeted them.
The men, who declined to give their names, said they developed a friendship with Colon when he pitched with the Athletics in 2012-13.