Definition of *Old*

When I was in college I told my mom that you are officially *old* when there are no longer any Major League Baseball players younger than you are.  Carlton Fisk and Nolan Ryan were 45 and 46, respectively, when they retired in 1993.  But it was 46-year-old Charlie Hough whose retirement in 1994 finally signaled the end of my mom's youth.

After watching 44-year-old Tim Wakefield hand the Mariners their club record 15th straight loss this afternoon it dawned on me that I'm probably getting very close to *old* now myself.  I was actually a bit surprised to find out how close... according to a posting I found on the MLB Trade Rumors site, as of May, there were only 11 active players who are older than me:  Miguel Batista, Craig Counsell, Jason Giambi, Darren Oliver, Arthur Rhodes, Mariano Rivera, Takashi Saito, Matt Stairs, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel, and the aforementioned Tim Wakefield.  Batista has since been released so I'm down to my final 10... and, judging by their stats, Counsell and Stairs will probably be the next to fall...