Because Colon doesn’t much like cracks about his heft, 280-plus pounds distributed on a five-foot-11 frame. The Big Texy is the oldest man in major-league baseball: 44 years and 339 days when he took the hill Saturday. And the Texas Rangers, they’re AL duds, bringing up the West Division rear and strafed by early-season injuries. Let me remind you about 1997: Bill Clinton was just starting his second term as president of the United States. You can’t say that about all pitchers.’’Pretty much gobsmacked Pillar too, did Colon, fielding his laser to the mound.

Source: thestar April 29, 2018 02:15 UTC