CLEBURNE, Texas — Rafael Palmeiro isn’t playing for an independent minor league team at age 53 just so he can be teammates with his son. “And because I want to get back to proving to myself that I can do this and maybe for some of those people that think that I cheated, they might think again and say well, wait a minute, he’s 53 years old, he’s playing at this level, he’s playing in the big leagues, he’s producing. Palmeiro and his 28-year-old son Patrick, a third baseman, were introduced by the second-year American Association team and then played in the first preseason game . It was about a 45-mile drive from the Texas Rangers’ ballpark, where Palmeiro played 10 of his 20 major league seasons and hit his 500th homer in 2003. “When I was done with my career, the way it ended, I wanted nothing to do with baseball,” Palmeiro said.

Source: National Post May 10, 2018 16:57 UTC