Jamie Moyer Comeback Leads to Nostalgic Thoughts

Jamie Moyer is 49 years old and is still attempting to make the Colorado Rockies' roster even after going through off-season Tommy John surgery. He pitched his first game way back in 1986 when some of the Rockies players were not even born yet but is still hoping to join those guys on the opening day roster. This offseason the Rockies have shipped out some of their farm grown talent for more established veteran players including Moyer. They are giving him a shot and hoping that he can drum up some of the pitching success he had when he was a bit younger. He is having a few setbacks in his attempt at a return to the Big Leagues but will continue to push through because that is the type of player he is.

This is all good and well but the Rockies are stretching a bit in hoping Moyer can have legitimate success at his age. It seems that Colorado is feeling a bit of nostalgia by bringing him in and were imagining some of his past pitching performances returning as he buttoned up his Rockies jersey. In the novel Underworld by Don DeLillo the main character Nick Shay often has nostalgic thoughts about the past and what he was thinking or feeling at the time. Nostalgic thoughts are not always positive thoughts but when it comes to the Rockies all they can afford to think when Moyer comes to mind is thinking positively. They don't want to think of the injuries he suffered in 2010 and 2011. They want to think of the Moyer that became the oldest pitcher to post a shutout and the pitcher that became only the third to win 100 games past the age of 40.

Whether Moyer will make the roster or not is yet to be seen. He is currently on a minor league contract with a spot in spring training available to him. He has not pitched that well in some of his outings so far this spring giving up 4 runs on 6 hits in less than two innings in his last appearance. Moyer has said that this year he will either take a step forward or a step backward into retirement based on his performance. Taking a step back will allow everyone to also look back and remember the good times that Moyer had as an MLB pitcher. Nostalgia will be rampant if he retires and that's never a bad thing.