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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Before every game, Salvador Perez, the Kansas City Royals' 34-year-old catcher, lathers his entire body with an icy balm to wake up his muscles. "Knee, shoulder, groin," he said. "Everywhere." He tapes up his body parts -- different each night, depending on what's sore -- slides neoprene sleeves onto his thighs, and gets ready for another night in baseball's most unforgiving job.
"I'm not 25 anymore," Perez said this week.
That was a magical age. It was 2015. The Royals won their first World Series in 30 years, a series in which Perez captured MVP honors after hitting .