When told Monday afternoon that he was the oldest player in the Texas Rangers’ lineup by 10 years, Shin-Soo Choo picked up his jaw from the clubhouse floor and could manage only a few words.
“Oh, my God,” he said. “Ten years older?”
But it was true. The 36-year-old Choo had 10-plus years on the other eight players in the batting order interim manager Don Wakamatsu posted for the opener of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.
The lineup, by age, was: 36, 24, 23, 25, 24, 23, 23, 23, 25.