So I'm in Birmingham, Alabama and before I appear on the sports station I was guesting on, the host interviewed Allan Barra by phone. Barra had an interesting thing he brought up about how this must be the oldest All-Star roster of all-time. Talked about how in the 1950's most of the best players were in their 20's (Mantle, Mays, etc.)

He also discussed his theory on how the youth of America are producing less athletes, as there are too many other things competing with their interest like video games and the internet. (he didn't mention the Will Carroll blog, but I'm sure that was on the list)

I'm paraphrasing some of Barra, but it was a really interesting interview. He also said he was close to completing a book on Bear Bryant. Look forward to it.