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Nation's Oldest Major Leaguer Dies at 99
Posted By: Nickinvegas
Interesting story(obligatory credit to the good people at the AP)...He pitched to the Babe! |
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Nation's Oldest Major Leaguer Dies at 99
Posted By: John(z28jd)
Ray Cunningham,a third baseman who played briefly for the Cardinals in 1931-32 is now the oldest former ballplayer.He turns 99 on the 17th of this month |
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Nation's Oldest Major Leaguer Dies at 99
Posted By: Julie
that these guys who were born shortly after the turn of the century are, on an average, living way longer than the average person born in their times--99 seems old to us, but it's fairly astonishing for people born that long ago. (I was born in 1935. No penicilan, but they had sulfa drugs, and doctors had been washing their hands for nearly 3/4 of a century. Some people ate well (healthily), and almost no American babies simply "died in infancy.") |
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Nation's Oldest Major Leaguer Dies at 99
Posted By: Pete Zouras
of surviving each additional year once you turn age 99. As more people make it to that age, for the reasons you state, the population of people surviving past it will grow as well. If America has 100,000 people age 99, we can predict that 49 will make it to 110 (so-called "super-centenarians"). That number grows proportionate to the number of people starting at age 99. |
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Nation's Oldest Major Leaguer Dies at 99
Posted By: Nickinvegas
As the father of a 1.1LB baby boy I can tell you science of Neonatology has come a long way. Babies that had no chance of survival even 5 years ago are able to make it today. Childbirth before the 1940's was at a minimum a risky venture... |
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