Jimmy hesitated and Val answered for him. "There are some players in the annals of major league baseball who never had the chance to play enough games to pro- vide a solid statistical base to make them a good player. The teams bid a lot of money for the headline players, like Babe Ruth and Tom Seaver, then fill out their roster with lesser known players. Legacy players come after that, and their identities are kept secret. That injects more chance into the game and allows folks to guess at who their favorite players are."