Although I'm a Yankees fan, I came by my perversion honestly. During my formative years (mid-60's), the Yankees stunk, except for my idol, Mel Stottlemyre.

Correction: I just did a search -- you can find anything these days --and discovered that the average age of the Yankees roster (sans Bernie and Damon) is 30.4 years, so he did increase the average age marginally.

The typical 2005 starting lineup was about 32 years of age, the average reduced significantly by the presence of Cano (23 yrs.). No one else in the typical starting lineup was under 30.

I get your point though. They're going to have bring Randy Johnson out in a wheelchair next year. And even Mariano is -- gulp -- 36!

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