Chipper Jones and Jason Giambi GW HR

[VolMaster14]

Both hit game winning HR last night at the age of 40. Wonder if thats ever been done before?

 

[Blake25p]

Both hit game winning HR last night at the age of 40. Wonder if thats ever been done before?

Not on the same day it hasn't.

 

[GAVol]

I didn't know Jason Giambi was still playing.

 

[underscore]

I believe the last time it was even done in the same year was decades ago. It was definitely the first time on the same day.

 

[rockyvols]

Walk off

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Surprised it never happened in the steroid era

 

[slh1089]

Surprised it never happened in the steroid era

Bodies gave out before 40.

 

[TBrown]

Bodies gave out before 40.

I thought steroids were the only reason Barry made it to 40? Can we at least get the story straight?

 

[Escape Goat]

Not on the same day it hasn't.

Correct. They said it on the Scott Van Pelt show today. Pretty remarkable.

 

[slh1089]

I thought steroids were the only reason Barry made it to 40? Can we at least get the story straight?

Never said a word about Barry making it to whatever age. Check yo facts before you try.

 

[YankeeVol]

Wednesday was the first day in MLB history that a pair of 40-year-olds (Chipper Jones, Jason Giambi) hit a walk-off home run.

 

[TBrown]

Never said a word about Barry making it to whatever age. Check yo facts before you try.

Wasn't directed at you..my bad. Just that the fact that people blame any and everything on steroids and contradict themselves.

 

[bleedorange1983]

Surprised it never happened in the steroid era

We are still in it

 

[underscore]

We are still in it

I prefer to call it the steroid cold war era.

 

[005]

We are still in it

huhhhh

 

[Vercingetorix]

I thought steroids were the only reason Barry made it to 40? Can we at least get the story straight?

Bonds was one of the 10-15 greatest hitters of all time and was going to make it to 40 regardless. Juicing was what spiked his production back up and gave him a second prime in his mid to late 30s.

I'm on (extremely long) record in one of these threads about how the body armor he was grandfathered into being allowed to wear is what pushed that second prime into superhuman status, but I don't really want to revisit it here.

Careers and primes are longer and later now, but in general I think it's more due to dramatically better strength and conditioning than anything else.

 

[TBrown]

huhhhh

Yeeeeaahhh

 

[slh1089]

Wasn't directed at you..my bad. Just that the fact that people blame any and everything on steroids and contradict themselves.

Haha alright, thought I was getting called out.

 

[zjcvols]

Bonds was one of the 10-15 greatest hitters of all time and was going to make it to 40 regardless. Juicing was what spiked his production back up and gave him a second prime in his mid to late 30s.

I'm on (extremely long) record in one of these threads about how the body armor he was grandfathered into being allowed to wear is what pushed that second prime into superhuman status, but I don't really want to revisit it here.

Careers and primes are longer and later now, but in general I think it's more due to dramatically better strength and conditioning than anything else.

This, especially for basketball. Bill Simmons wrote on this about a year ago I believe.

 

[zjcvols]

Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Steve Nash: Defying the longevity odds - ESPN

Here it is.