At 47 Years Old, and at 80 M.P.H., Moyer Stymies Yanks
By BEN SHPIGEL
NYT
After 24 seasons, 680 regular-season appearances and 16,977 batters faced, there exists a great wonder about Jamie Moyer. Not only that, at age 47, he is still pitching, however remarkable that is. More so that at 47 he can befuddle hitters — elite hitters who work in the Bronx, wear pinstripes and pummeled Roy Halladay the night before — to the point of dominance.
“I don’t think that I’m old,” Moyer said after pitching eight superlative innings Wednesday in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-3 victory against the Yankees. “Regardless of what people say, I think I can go out and compete.”
Moyer may have misspoke. He knows he can go out and compete, and the Yankees do, too. He allowed two runs, on home runs to Robinson Cano and Jorge Posada, and just one other hit, an infield single in the eighth, while striking out five. It was a clinic in command, savvy and experience.
It was typical Moyer. He went in, in, in to Mark Teixeira before practically placing a pitch on the outside edge. On his first three strikeouts, he caught Teixeira, Posada and Curtis Granderson looking. The speeds of those pitches? Eighty, 81 and 81 miles per hour. His fourth victim, Cano, flailed at an 81-m.p.h. fastball. Yes, fastball.
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NYT
After 24 seasons, 680 regular-season appearances and 16,977 batters faced, there exists a great wonder about Jamie Moyer. Not only that, at age 47, he is still pitching, however remarkable that is. More so that at 47 he can befuddle hitters — elite hitters who work in the Bronx, wear pinstripes and pummeled Roy Halladay the night before — to the point of dominance.
“I don’t think that I’m old,” Moyer said after pitching eight superlative innings Wednesday in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-3 victory against the Yankees. “Regardless of what people say, I think I can go out and compete.”
Moyer may have misspoke. He knows he can go out and compete, and the Yankees do, too. He allowed two runs, on home runs to Robinson Cano and Jorge Posada, and just one other hit, an infield single in the eighth, while striking out five. It was a clinic in command, savvy and experience.
It was typical Moyer. He went in, in, in to Mark Teixeira before practically placing a pitch on the outside edge. On his first three strikeouts, he caught Teixeira, Posada and Curtis Granderson looking. The speeds of those pitches? Eighty, 81 and 81 miles per hour. His fourth victim, Cano, flailed at an 81-m.p.h. fastball. Yes, fastball.
(More here.)
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