Record 7 40-year-olds to start today (MLB)

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:48 pm

Break out the Geritol, Ensure and Bengay

Old Timers' day: record 7 40-year-olds to start Wednesday

New York Yankees: Roger Clemens (44)

Philadelphia: Jaime Moyer (44)

Detroit: Kenny Rogers (42)

San Diego: Greg Maddux (41)

New York Mets: Tom Glavine (41)

Houston: Woody Williams (40)

Atlanta: John Smoltz (40)

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by **CATLAX MAN** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:14 pm

Not a pitcher, but Barry Bonds at 42 played today.

by **byualum** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:23 pm

And Julio Franco, at age 64, is also available to pinch hit.

by **KnoxVegas** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:14 pm

byualum wrote:And Julio Franco, at age 64, is also available to pinch hit.

Check, please! But he is not as old as the cigar store Indian, Otis Nixon.

by **LaxRef** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:12 pm

byualum wrote:And Julio Franco, at age 64, is also available to pinch hit.

And Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Anyone else notice that the pitchers ages are not evenly distributed between 40 and 49?

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:37 pm

I also noticed that the two of the 40-year-olds guys used to play for the Atlanta Braves: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.

by **bste_lax** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:18 pm

Myself and another guy at work like to call Julio Franco "Jack Quinn" as normally someone calls us and asks "Franco is the oldest player to [insert something] since...." which the answer is normally Jack Quinn.

by **peterwho** on Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:09 am

Brent Burns wrote:I also noticed that the two of the 40-year-olds guys used to play for the Atlanta Braves: Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.

Greg Maddux and Jaime Moyer got their start with the Cubs.

by **Tim Gray** on Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:31 pm

Randy Johnson just missed the party, as he's scheduled to pitch tonight in his return from the DL.