1984 first-round MLB draft pick still playing at age 57

Catcher Erik Pappas only played in 104 Major League Baseball games between the 1991 and 1994 seasons but that has not stopped him from finding another spot to keep playing all of these years later.

Pappas, now 57 years old and a whopping 27 years removed from playing in any professional baseball league, has found himself as the backup catcher for Greece at the 2023 European Baseball championships.

He did not make an appearance in Greece's first game at the tournament — where it lost 14-1 to Spain — but the fact he is even on the roster is a stunning development given his age and how long it has been since he played high-level baseball.

He previously played for Greece at the 2004 Olympics when the country hosted the games. 

Prior to that experience, Pappas last played organized baseball all the way back in 1996 when he appeared in 107 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City. He was already 30 years old at that point. Just to put all of that into its proper perspective, there are 11 players on the Greece roster who were not even born yet. 

He hit .242 in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, hitting one home run in 342 plate appearances. 

He was the No. 6 overall pick in the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft. That was four picks before the Oakland Athletics selected Mark McGwire. 

It may not be the most glamorous baseball, but the fact he is still finding a place to stay involved and get a roster spot at this age is a true "love of the game" situation.