Don’t know if anyone saw this.There is a guy named Gary Cooper.

There is a guy named Gary cooper. He played for the Braves in 75.

Cooper spent 42 days with the team and on the 43rd day – the threshold for earning a mandatory MLB pension – was set to play a game before it was canceled due to rain. Before his next appearance, though, he was moved down to the minor leagues, never to return.

And so for 44 years, Cooper has stood just one day off earning that mandatory league pension.

Cooper made two appeals to a committee comprising representatives of MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association. Both appeals were rejected under the 43-day rule.

However, the rainout had no impact on the number of days of service as the system doesn’t need a game to be played for that day to count.

But now, an online petition seeks to rectify that. Started by Robert Jonas, the initiative aims for Cooper – aged 67 and long past his playing days – to be given a one-day contract on the Braves’ coaching staff so he reaches the 43-day minimum to qualify for the MLB pension. The petition has received nearly 5,000 signatures.

“Still, Mr. Cooper has no car, no home to call his own, no savings, no pension, and struggles just to pay his phone bill every month,” Jonas writes at change.org. “To help support himself, Mr. Cooper works part-time as a landscaper, but lately work has been scarce.”

Jonas told Georgia Public Broadcasting that he employed Cooper for a landscaping company he owns.

Let’s help this guy out. I’m going to put the link to change.org. Sucks to have your dream realized and never make it back😔