In the classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch tells Sundance that yes, he might be able to beat some guy in a gunfight, but maybe not since every year we get older, and our skills diminish. “It’s a law”, says Butch. It is a law of nature. I see it in the now white face of my aging dog. I feel it in my knees on cold mornings. And I see it in the performance of aging ballplayers. Funny thing about professional athletics. An athlete in their mid-30s is considered ancient, an old man or woman.
Remembering the brief Royal career of Jerry Grote
