An Ode to Bartolo Colón, the Oldest, Stoutest Player in Baseball, on His Birthday

The only way to begin talking about Bartolo Colón, the unlikely star pitcher who now plays for the Atlanta Braves, is with his age and his figure. As of today, May 24th, he is forty-four, the oldest player in professional baseball, and thus, for a not insignificant number of American men, all that stands between them and that grave day of reckoning when the entirety of the league is younger than they are.

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