Comments on: Wanna feel old? Ken Griffey Jr.’s kid is playing in a high school all-star football game

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:08:07 +0000

The Houston Chronicle adds this to age-related angst today: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Natalie Portman, Beyonce Knowles, Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, Alicia Keys, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Barbara and Jenna Bush all turn(ed) 30 this year.

By: davemac32001

davemac32001 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:23:35 +0000

Well, I was born in the same town as Justin Bieber – Stratford, Ontario, Canada. There, now I feel special too!

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:08:44 +0000

There were few guys more fun to watch than Griffey Jr in his prime. Just phenomenal.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:05:23 +0000

The 1920′s were some raw times, eh Gator?

By: dexterismyhero

dexterismyhero — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:55:39 +0000

beer break in 60 minutes here.

By: lanjoith

lanjoith — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:53:51 +0000

It does make you feel old when your peers are retiring from the game. At 37 I still feel way too young to see guys my age as the “old men” in sports right now. Jr. will always have the sweetest swing of all time. As a left-hander, I always tried to mimic his swing.

By: motherscratcher23

motherscratcher23 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:24:19 +0000

In a related story, I had to take a long beer break after carrying up the Christmas boxes. I was sore for a few days.

By: motherscratcher23

motherscratcher23 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:22:41 +0000

A nihilist…eff me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of national socialism, at least it’s an ethos.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:55:27 +0000

Since when does being 25 qualify you as being and “old broad”? That’s the apparent age of your writing in any case. Contrast this with Ari Collins who writes like he’s 60 but is in fact barely 31.

By: badmamainphilliesjamas

badmamainphilliesjamas — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:42:34 +0000

But you guys never had to deal with this . . .
I was walking by a construction site last week, and one of the guys whistled and said “you’ve still got it goin’ on!”

Still? Ouch.
Like not bad for an old broad.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:38:41 +0000

I love this comic strip…it’s true.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:37:56 +0000

I’m only 33 and that’s starting to happen to me. It’s a terrible feeling.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:12:28 +0000

Seriously man, you are leading the interwebs in nihilism today with that comment. Next time you frighten and confuse yourself I hope its in relation to being confronted with big portion of cheesecake and discovering you’ve named it and are singing to it like a lover you plan to woo to till she acquiesces to your more perverted fantasies. That’s worth being frightened of oneself over, acid trips notwithstanding.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:11:33 +0000

Dead on Jason. I tend to notice and/or keep up with the same thing. To that end…I hope Jim Thome never leaves either.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:05:14 +0000

Incidentally, Craig, teenagers frightened and confused me when I was a teenager. Matter of fack, when I look back at how I was as a teenager, I frighten and confuse myself.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Word.

By: Jason @ IIATMS

Jason @ IIATMS — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:40:55 +0000

Or realizing that the number of active MLB’ers who are older than you are down to a precious few. Please don’t ever leave, Mariano. Or for that matter, Jamie Moyer.

Father Time is an ass.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:39:23 +0000

The kid’s a receiver? I’ve got the perfect end zone celebration for him: Score a touchdown, then imitate his dad’s swing and walk down the first base line while admiring a home run.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:32:04 +0000

http://xkcd.com/647/

Another way to feel old. Or seeing “You must be born before 1990 to purchase alcohol” signs.

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:07:45 +0000

but what’s really great is getting in bed.

BTW – kid looks a lot like Dad.

By: natstowngreg

natstowngreg — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:01:52 +0000

ditto

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:51:25 +0000

I’m glad the kid’s doing something other than baseball (making his own mark as it were) but I’m gonna miss having a Griffey in MLB.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:46:06 +0000

I don’t need recourse to Ken Griffey III or any Griffey to feel old. I just need to wake up in the morning.

By: rickset

rickset — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:45:07 +0000

I was born in the same town as the Griffey’s and Stan Musial – Donora, PA