Getting to the big leagues is a dream for thousands of young players around the world, and being able to stick around and make a career is something only a small fraction of people ever get to do. It turns out that once you’ve made it, Major League Baseball ensures that you’ll always be able to come back.
The Commissioner’s office hands out “Lifetime Passes” to MLB players with at least eight years of full service and executives with at least 25 years of service. The first person to ever receive this pass was President Theodore Roosevelt (who never used it), but hundreds of passes have been given to players, coaches, umpires, and staff over the years.