Since I was a young buck collecting baseball cards I remember Jamie Moyer playing for the Mariners. He was on a dope team that had my favorite player Ken Griffey, Jr , Randy Johnson and Edgar Martinez, just to name a few people. I didn’t know what year he was in nor did I know how many years he had been playing. All that mattered back then was he was on Griffey’s team.
Fast forward almost twenty years later Moyer is still pitching in the majors, which is amazing in itself. Never known for amazing stuff aka not a power pitcher, he is still using his craftiness to get hitters out.
On Tuesday Moyer became the oldest pitcher in MLB history to ever record a win, not only did he get the win he went 7 innings to accomplish the goal. Moyer is now 49 years young, a lot of early 20’s pitchers struggle to win even with god given great abilities, which makes his feat even more amazing.
Moyer has been pitching in the majors for over a span of 25 years, he sat out last year. Playing for the Cubs, Orioles, Red Sox, Mariners, Phillies and Rockies. Over the 25 year span he has racked up over 250 wins (268 to be exact).
Who knows how Moyer will finish the season with his current team the Colorado Rockies, but right now whatever he is drinking must have came from the fountain of youth, because hes channeling his skills from years past.
