DHL Dan CLXXIX - Happy 70th, Shank!

Shank has a few thoughts on turning 70 years old:

Reflections of a sports columnist upon turning 70, and other thoughts

Picked-up pieces while wondering if Bob Lobel gets to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when Mookie Betts and the first-place Dodgers come to Fenway in two weeks …

▪ Bill Belichick turned 70 in the spring of 2022, and at this time last year, I reminded him of something he said to NFL Films when he was still only 57.

“I won’t be like Marv Levy and coaching in my 70s,” “young” Bill said in 2009.

Belichick was 70 when he coached last season. He is 71 now, still calling the shots in Foxborough, suddenly hearing that he is too old and that the game has passed him by.

Now it’s my turn. You are reading the words of a 70-year-old columnist.

There’s no getting around 70. We can kid ourselves about 40 being the new 30, and 50 being the new 40. Blah, blah. There is no hiding 70. It’s bloody old.

That's our Shank - always the optimist!