Colon still thumbing nose at Father Time

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    Here it is, Memorial Day, and Bartolo Colon continues to make a fool out of Father Time, a liar out of Mother Nature and a mockery out of modern athletic training methods.

    He's 38, looks 48, and probably orders his pants with a 58-waist. He hadn't pitched a full season in the big leagues since 2005, the year he won the AL Cy Young Award, when the New York Yankees decided to roll the bones and invite him to spring training as a non-roster invitee on a cut-rate minor league deal.

    The gamble paid off when he made the team as a long man in the bullpen even though he outpitched every younger, stronger, higher-priced arm on the roster.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=matthews_wallace&id=6608724
     

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