Rarely does life begin at 40, but since then Colon has won 41 games and was in line to become the first pitcher in Major League Baseball to win for the ninth time this season.
How much fun is all this, Colon was asked through interpreter, bullpen coach and former big league pitcher Ricky Bones?
"It's a special feeling," Colon said after losing, 2-1, to the D-backs on Welington Castillo's two-run homer in the seventh. "Win or lose it's amazing that this is happened at this stage of my career and at my age. We're having a good season so far and one loss isn't going to pull me away from my happiness.