Experience isn't a function of age.
Ian Anderson, all of 23 years old, is still technically a rookie, even though he's started eight career postseason games, already tied for fifth on the Braves' all-time list. (Longtime Braves fans can name the top four like naming Beatles: Glavine, Smoltz, Maddux, Avery.) Teammate Luke Jackson on Wednesday night called Anderson “65 years old in a [23]-year-old person’s body,” and Anderson certainly started the Braves’ biggest home game in 22 years like it was a routine June Wednesday afternoon special.
Anderson threw five innings of no-hit ball, scattering four largely ineffective baserunners — three walks and a hit batsman — over that stretch.