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MLB has your answers. Participant The oldest player to participate in an All-Star Game was Satchel Paige at 47 years, seven days (1953).The oldest non-pitcher in an All-Star Game was Pete Rose at 44 years, three months and two days (1985). Starter The oldest starting player in an All-Star Game was Barry Bonds at 42 years, 11 months, 17 days (2007).The youngest starting player in an All-Star Game was Al Kaline at 20 years, six months (1955).The oldest starting pitcher in an All-Star Game was Roger Clemens at 41 year, 11 months and 9 days (2004).The youngest starting pitcher in an All-Star Game was Dwight Gooden at 21 years, seven months and 30 days (1986). Winning Pitcher The oldest pitcher to win an All-Star Game was Nolan Ryan at 42 years, five months and 10 days (1989). Losing Pitcher The oldest pitcher to lose an All-Star Game was Roger Clemens at 41 year, 11 months and 9 days (2004). (OE: Getting raked before his home crowd, pitching to Mike Piazza, utterly ruining the moment — to the extent that such a manufactured moment could be ruined — later in the game when he was given the Commissioner's Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.) Home Run The oldest player to hit a home run in an All-Star Game was Cal Ripken, Jr. at 40 years, 10 months and 16 days (2001). Hit The oldest player to get a hit in an All-Star Game was Carlton Fisk at 43 years, seven months and 13 days (1991). Bartolo, when he woke up this morning, was 43 years, 45 days old. Which means he's going to break four of those records next week.

And Bartolo!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think religion instructs us to hate the sin, but love the sinner. (Not that I'm the least bit religious, but whatever. It's a good sentiment anyway.) I'll never have the affection for Jose that I once had, but I hope he plays well for the Mets, and more importantly, I hope he never does anything violent to his wife, or anyone else, ever again. It will be apparent to everyone whether or not he plays well, but unless some other incident becomes public, we'll never know the answer to the second part. He appears contrite. I hope he is. He's saying the right things. I hope he means them. He's in counseling. I hope it's working. But we'll likely never know for sure. This is not only an aspect of rooting for a sports team, but of dealing with human beings in general. This, all of this.

Read up: Just grabbed that from the library this weekend. Looking forward to it.

RealityChuck wrote: One of the fringe benefits of being a Mets fan is that you can learn all about unusual medical conditions: spinal stenosis, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome... It makes bone spurs seem almost quaint. Don't forget Ike Davis Disease or whatever he had.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Note to Terry: Please start Wilmer tonight. Lineup: Flores 3B Flores RF Cespedes CF Walker 2B Flores 1B d'Arnaud C Flores LF Flores SS Syndergaard P

Shoulda traded him this offseason. Oh well.

Edgy MD wrote: I have no evidence, but I kind of suspect Matt Harvey has had sex with white women. Just a hunch. More than one at a time, apparently.

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Not sure what the next elevation will be -- holograms! -- but there will be one. Ooh, like those ones in the airports. DO IT, METS.

Ceetar wrote: I think Reyes should play again, I don't think he should be barred from the game. He's definitely better than some of the guys on the roster, positional adjustments aside. but.. he's not good enough to override the baggage in my eyes. I generally don't think teams should consider off-field/off-season stuff very highly, but it's too much here. It's too much for him to basically succeed off it. (he'd be wallowing away on the Rockies otherwise, not possibly joining a contender) It's too much given Wilpon's history. But more so, i think it might be too important off the field. If he comes back, he'll get more cheers than when he came back as a Marlin. The incident will be forgotten. People who point out he's still an abuser will be mostly ignored because he hit that home run to win that game. He served his time, within his job, but it's gotta be more than that. If he were to come back I want him volunteering in a domestic violence cause, or escorting women to Planned Parenthood, or something _actually_ redemptive. I mean, look at Aroldis Chapman. Violently shot up his garage in anger at his wife/girlfriend and I doubt anyone's harassing him about it or booing him at Yankee Stadium. Basically forgotten? This is a really good point. We -- fans in general, if not us specifically -- tend to have short memories, especially about off-field stuff. But it's important that we don't. It's what Maggie Wiggin tweeted yesterday: "A mistake is locking your keys in the car or spilling coffee. Putting another human being in the hospital is a choice." If we're ever going to change the culture, then we need to remember these things. And from a baseball standpoint, I really don't know. He's been mediocre the past few years. Is it worth taking a flyer on a rejuvenated, excited Jose Reyes? Maybe, but like Ceetar said, we need to bring the baggage with it and make sure we take care of it in the open.

W's a W, I suppose. Great job by the pen to keep it together.

It still bothers me that it's pronounced Ho-SHAVER.

Love the "Keith at the grill" segment.

Unless the Reds are eating a lot of salary, I'm meh on Votto. But Jay Bruce would be interesting.

I have fond memories of watching Jose whack triples into the gap and race around the bases, but no thanks.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I want to get rid of Granderson. I'm just tired of it. How can you have 13 HR's and only 21 RBI? That's virtually impossible to do. You know, I was going to write this off and say it's just that he bats leadoff and the guys at the bottom of the order are hitting a collective .150, but he's had 125 baserunners in his ABs -- fourth on the team -- and he's only scored eight of them (6%), which is, incredibly, a worse percentage than Eric Campbell (4 for 53, or 8%).

Good time at the game yesterday, result notwithstanding. But it's hard to teach your kid to keep score when you don't get any baserunners, Mets.

Going to the game today, apparently -- father's day gift from the kiddos. Score!

Fman99 wrote: Locked in for my annual weekday matinee, going to be attending the Thursday 7/28 Mets v Rockies 1:10 game with Fboy and my buddy Kevin, also a life long Mets fan. Any CPF'er who wants to meet up for a howdy, please shoot me a PM or a FB message and I will buy you a beer at the ball park. Looks like I'm going to come down with a nasty headache that morning that won't allow me to go to work.

Edgy MD wrote: Do guys named Blake ever make it, though? I'd say so.

Centerfield wrote: I keep looking for him every time they say "Jaso". I was half-watching at one point and that made me double-take too.

If you're a starting pitcher batting for yourself in the bottom of the eighth, something's going very right.

Frayed Knot wrote: The only real question with Conforto was a three-pitch K or a four. He's "scuffling" right now, as they say.

Fish/Padres tonight, which means we could wind up with our first Battle of the Seawolves, as Tom Koehler starts for Miami. Travis Jankowski left last night's game with an injury, though, so I don't know if he'll get in tonight.

Lefty Specialist wrote: I can't believe there's no Ribeye Steak. "Dork with a Ribeye Steak." Second row.