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At 49, I Barely Have Enough Stamina to Pitch a Story

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This is big news here, of course. And the best part of it is, every game he wins from here on out will set a new record.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 18, 2012 at 8:47 AM Report this
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Why did we trade him?

He probably would have done better than all the overpaid young gun pitchers in the last few years...
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on April 18, 2012 at 8:48 AM Report this
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49 was the average life expectancy of Americans in 1900 and the average life expectancy of Rwandans today. Location, location, location.
bedipped on April 18, 2012 at 8:51 AM Report this
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#3

Thanks for the tip...I won't be visiting there any time soon...gotta stick around to pay for the kid's education.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on April 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM Report this
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Gaylord Perry and Nolan Ryan pop to the top of my non-sports brain as "old" pitchers, but they're not even close to the top of the list.

And Moyers needs another decade to match the oldest pitcher who played in a regular-season game, Satchel Paige (in 1965).
rob! on April 18, 2012 at 9:08 AM Report this
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I hurt my rotator cuff doing cartwheels.

As a woman of a certain age, my mantra is "I'm old, not dead." C'mon Goldy, you can do it.
westello on April 18, 2012 at 9:11 AM Report this
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Couldn't have been done by a better guy.
Genghis John on April 18, 2012 at 9:15 AM Report this
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It's also freakish having seen those Brown Bear commercials he used to be in after he left the Mariners. That was freakish.
Cato the Younger Younger on April 18, 2012 at 9:16 AM Report this
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@5: Satchel pitched three innings at age 58, mainly as part of a baseball insiders' plot to qualify him for a Major League pension. Still he gave up just one hit and no runs in those three innings!
J.R. on April 18, 2012 at 9:17 AM Report this
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32 more to 300.
DOUG. on April 18, 2012 at 9:18 AM Report this
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If anyone can hang around and break Paige's mark, it's Jamie. Glad to have another opportunity to root for him as my team's starter (the first being my time in Seattle as an M's fan).
Matt from Denver on April 18, 2012 at 9:18 AM Report this
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He's a good person, too, which makes this all the sweeter.
Vince on April 18, 2012 at 9:19 AM Report this
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The skipper of the WORLD CHAMPION Canadian curling team is in his late 40's.
Asparagus! on April 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM Report this
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Isn't it marvelous!
gloomy gus on April 18, 2012 at 9:22 AM Report this
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He needs to play and go to 50 for at least one win at that age, because that will be height of extreme bad assery.
Joe Szilagyi on April 18, 2012 at 9:33 AM Report this
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For men, you become old when there's nobody left in the majors older than you. Thanks, Mr. Moyer, for another summer of youth.
pox on April 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM Report this
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Goldy,
Good on Moyer. He's my peer. That's awesome.
lark on April 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM Report this
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He also founded the Moyer Foundation, which runs camps across the country for kids dealing with the loss of a family member. And his wife is raising seven kids and is still smokin' hot!
Gern Blanston on April 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM Report this
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@13, cool story bro, but do you really think curling is as physically demanding as pitching?
long-time reader on April 18, 2012 at 10:38 AM Report this
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@19,

Some perspective, please. The guy's just tossing a ball over a plate.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/n…
ibcster on April 18, 2012 at 10:50 AM Report this
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A. Conan Doyle tried to kill off his star character, and it didn't work then, either.
LMcGuff on April 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM Report this
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I suppose having slow pitches preserves your arm, but I'm most impressed by him going seven. During Randy Johnson's final season in San Francisco, it seemed like he typically went five innings.
seatackled on April 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM Report this
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Anyone who thinks an MLB starter is "just tossing a ball over a plate" is pretty seriously deluded.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on April 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM Report this
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Why make the assumption we don't care about sports.not all of fit the liberal stereotype.
Seattle14 on April 18, 2012 at 11:21 AM Report this
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I believe it was one of the Perry (on the Lettermen show?) who said, "Without vaseline, I am just another old guy with a 80mph fastball." I wish I had a clip of that interview.
gttim on April 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM Report this
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Jamie Moyer is the unassuming Dorian Gray of MLB.

He'll be pitching until he collects Social Security, a gag set-up man baiting opposing managers into sending their All-Star pinch hitters to the plate in the 6th inning.

Moyer will be the oldest player inducted into the Hall of Fame, showing up with a pair of twentysomething supermodels and a hearing horn, claiming "I owe it all to my witch doctor, whose potions overmatched PED tests with ease."
Che Guava on April 18, 2012 at 1:52 PM Report this
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Two words: Gordie Howe
on April 18, 2012 at 8:10 PM Report this
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i love that Jamie describes his baffling pitches as "slow, slower, slowest and reverse".
blackhook on April 18, 2012 at 9:55 PM Report this

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