CLEVELAND — Perhaps you have heard by now that this will be one of the youngest All-Star Games in history. Perhaps you have read about the 19 players who are under 26 years old, the 10 under 25. Perhaps you have seen the National League’s starting lineup, plucked from a nearby nursery school, with an average age of 25.8 years old.
Well, Clayton Kershaw, ancient at 31, has had about enough of it. He thinks of MLB’s current ad campaign and he shakes his head.
“This whole 'Let the Kids Play' thing, I’m not into it,” he says, gray hairs sprouting from his nose as he speaks.