Yep, just as I figured. Colon really is old. When he spent his early teenage years helping his family survive in the Dominican Republic by picking fruits and vegetables, 33 players on the Mets' roster weren't even born.
The more I think about it, I've always cherished players more prone to turning the volume down on the music in their clubhouse than up, especially if they still could hit, pitch, field or run a little.
Satchel Paige retired at 59, and Minnie Minoso did the same at 57, but they were before my time. Such wasn't the case for Willie Stargell, the 39-year-old baseball icon who became "Pops" for the Pirates during their miracle run in 1979 to a World Series championship.