Thursday, May 17, 2012

Jaime Moyer: Recording Another One For The Old Timers.

   Jaime Moyer of the Colorado Rockies is continuing to prove that age is just a number.  Earlier this season Moyer became the oldest pitcher in Major League history to win a game, and last night he became the oldest player to record an RBI.  In the fourth inning of yesterdays game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies Jamie Moyer tapped a slow roller toward first base and hustled to beat the diving first baseman to the bag.  As a result of his hustle two runs crossed the plate and Moyer was credited with two RBI's.  The Rockies went on to win the game by a score of 6 to 1 as he earned his second win of the season.  At 49 years old, Moyer continues to beat the odds and the opposing teams with a fastball that barely reaches 80 m.p.h.  He changes the break on the ball and the pitch locations so well that good hitters half his age are confused when they face him.  Besides knowing how to get big league hitters out, Moyer knows how to play the game.  He puts in the work to keep himself in shape, studies the opposition, and as he displayed yesterday, hustles and never gives up when he's on the field.  Congratulations to Jamie Moyer as he continues to set records, and who knows next season he might have the opportunity to break some of his own records becoming the only 50 year-old to win a game in the Major Leagues. 

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