Once upon a time, professional baseball players were my age. Some still are. Some are older, even, although that number dwindles by the day. One such player is free agent outfielder Mike Yasztremski, whom the Kansas City Royals acquired from the San Francisco Giants in a midseason trade.

Yasztremski just wrapped up his age-34 campaign. I, too, will be wrapping up my age-34 season this upcoming March. My athletic talents have felt more or less consistent for most of the past decade, which I am thankful for.

But “more or less consistent” is different for me, a guy whose most grueling sports efforts are limited to a week of skiing up in the Rocky Mountains every winter. Yasztremski is playing at the highest level of professional baseball. I won’t notice if my turns are 2% less efficient on

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