Jamie Moyer is scheduled to have elbow surgery today, but says he looks forward to resuming his career in a year. I caught the end of an in-studio interview with Moyer, Mitch Williams, and Greg Amsinger on MLB network yesterday evening, most of it about Moyer's approach to pitching. At the end of the interview, Williams asked Moyer, "Can you collect your pay and pension at the same time?"
Yes, Moyer will almost be that old if and when he resumes his career. And good luck to him. I am so tired of online commentators deciding who is old and shot in baseball, based on age. They simply don't know.
Moyer is of course one of those souls who found success later in his career. At 47, he is now about 30 games shy of 300 wins. Longevity factors into that but so does skill, endurance, persistence, cunning, and a lot else.
It was raining yesterday here in the Mid-Atlantic states and Moyer was wearing a black suit with a pair of white and black sneakers. Mitch Williams, meanwhile, was sockless. Amsinger was quite pedestrian by contrast.
