Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Mark Twain said that. Or was it Satchel Paige?
In this case, the source isn’t important as much as the theme. In the minds of the getting-up-there-in-age Giants, who have augmented their lineup with three experienced hitters, it’s not that they’re getting older as much as they’re getting better.
That was Tuesday’s message from executive vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean a day after the Giants signed free-agent outfielder Austin Jackson, who turns 31 on Feb. 1, to join fellow newcomers Evan Longoria, 32, and Andrew McCutchen, 31.