Players I'm watching

Appears that my tracking activity will be easier than once thought.  Only watching 23 players.  Man that is disappointing.

Minnesota Twins - Jamey Carroll
Chicago Cubs - no players from the  Nixon era
Cincinnati Reds - no players from the Nixon era
New York Yankees - Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki
New York Mets - no players from the Nixon era.  Tim Brydak & LaTroy Hawkins non-roster invitees
Boston Red Sox - no players from the Nixon era
Philadelphia Phillies - no players from the Nixon era
Baltimore Orioles - no players from the Nixon era.  Mark Hendrickson non-roster invitee
Washington Nationals - no players from the Nixon era
Miami Marlins - no players from the Nixon era
Tampa Bay Rays - no players from the Nixon era Jamey Wright non-roster invitee
Atlanta Braves - no players from the Nixon era
Cleveland Indians - no players from the Nixon era but Jason Giambi non-roster invitee
Chicago White Sox - no players from the Nixon era
Milwaukee Brewers - no players from the Nixon era
St. Louis Cardinals - no players from the  Nixon era
Kansas City Royals - no players from the Nixon era but Miguel Tejada non-roster invitee
Houston Astros - no players from the Nixon era
Texas Rangers - Joe Nathan.  Derek Lowe non-roster invitee
Colorado Rockies Todd Helton.  Miguel Batista non-roster invitee
Arizona Diamondbacks John McDonald.  Nelson Figueroa non-roster invitee
Detroit Tigers Octavio Dotel
Seattle Mariners Raul Ibanez
Los Angeles Dodgers - no players from the Nixon era
Los Angeles Angels - no players from the Nixon era
San Diego Padres - no players from the Nixon era
Pittsburgh Pirates - Jose Contreas non-roster invitee
Oakland As Bartolo Colon
San Francisco Giants - no players from Nixon era
Toronto Bluejays - R.A. Dickey, Darren Oliver, Henry Blanco

raison d'être

Last year I became slightly obsessed with the baseball career of Jamie Moyer.  For one he was 49 and still pitching in the big leagues and two, his fast ball hovers around 80 (although my fastball is well south of 80, maybe with enough strength training I could get it up to a number that could round up to be 80).  Following Moyer reignited my love of professional baseball and reignited my dream of making it to the big leagues.  The thinking goes, as long as there are guys my age and up then there is still a chance!  My age, 38.  The reason for the existence of this blog is to track the progress of guys my age and older who are still playing in the big leagues.  Or to put it in political terms, to track guys who were born right before or during the Richard Milhous Nixon presidency.

Here we go...