Great Wash. Post piece re oldest living ex-MLB player

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

103 is a long time. My great great grandmother grew up riding a horse and buggy and died the year after we landed on the moon. She told my grandmother that she saw too much change in her lifetime.

[baseballart]

Connie, trying his knuckleball at 98 and puffing on a Cuban at 100

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by baseballart

Connie, trying his knuckleball at 98 and puffing on a Cuban at 100

See....smokin the occasional Cuban leads to longevity ..........

[pclpads]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

103 is a long time. My great great grandmother grew up riding a horse and buggy and died the year after we landed on the moon. She told my grandmother that she saw too much change in her lifetime.

My great great grandfather was an old Indian fighter. My great great grandmother was an old Indian. Bada boom.

[jerrys]

Oldest HOFer Bobby Doerr is 96 - he played in the 1930s and 1940s.

[Al C.risafulli]

I think that Chester "Red" Hoff ...... 1891-1998 (107 years old) is the longest living former Major Leaguer.

Yep. Red Hoff was the last surviving deadball era player, and the oldest living major leaguer. The second batter he faced in his career was Ty Cobb, and Red struck him out.

In addition, with the possible exception of a couple of Negro League players whose birth dates were unclear, I believe Red Hoff was the longest-living American pro athlete.

-Al