DETROIT -- Randy Wolf turned 39 years old on Saturday. In some ways, he felt like he had the butterflies of a 21-year-old rookie as he took the mound, his first steps on the bump in a Major League ballpark since June 2014.
"I may be 29 years old," he said with a wry smile, "but I'm glad I was nervous. Because if I wasn't nervous, then I would realize that I need to retire."
He's not fooling anybody on the age. He's still capable of fooling hitters at the plate.
In seven innings pitched, a five-batter stretch of the third was enough to doom Wolf to defeat in his Tigers debut Saturday night in a 5-3 loss to the Rangers.