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There is something of the epic gesture in what Jamie Moyer did here yesterday, in what the 47-year-old pitcher has been doing here for a month.
It would be so much easier if Moyer took note of the birth date on his driver's license, did the math, and retired. Easier for the Phillies, who could then plug Kyle Kendrick into their starting rotation, and easier for Moyer himself. He has labored long and hard to recover from a painful abdominal injury, a blood infection and knee surgery - all in an effort to prolong a career that already defies probability.
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