"When you're 25, you can eat hamburgers and pizza and drink beer and stay out all night and come out the next day and drink a couple cups of coffee and just play. If I did that today, my heart would stop and I'd need a stretcher and an IV. I started kind of noticing that in my early 30's, and now that I'm in my mid-to-late 30's, it's even that much more." Mike Piazza, catcher, New York Mets
As Bodies Mull Retirement, 2 Aging Baseball Stars Play On [New York Times]
Photograph by Sue Ogrocki/Reuters
Thanks to Jen for the heads-up on this one.
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