Jim Leyland Is Only 67: America Reacts

So today I realized/learned that Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is 67 years old. Seriously? Just 67? Look at this guy:

Stunned by my discovery, I did what any sane person would do: I expressed my shock and dismay to the approximately two dozen sad, lonely souls and spambots who follow me on Twitter.

Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Matt Klaassen (@devil_fingers) May 8, 2012

America’s response tells us something about something, I tell you what.

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Kids, please don’t smoke. RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Jason Wojciechowski (@jlwoj) May 8, 2012

@jlwoj @devil_fingers but his kids/grandkids probably all have asthma 🙁

— dianagram (@dianagram) May 8, 2012

@devil_fingers My favourite baseball curiosity of all time is that Cito Gaston is older than Jim Leyland.

— The Org Guy (@The_Org_Guy) May 8, 2012

@devil_fingers The amazing thing about that is that it means HE WAS IN HIS 40s with the Pirates in the early 90s.

— Pat Lackey (@whygavs) May 8, 2012

@devil_fingers Smoking is bad mmmkaayy.

— Dan Harris (@dapper1dan) May 8, 2012

Prematurely aged by Tattooine’s twin suns. RT @devil_fingers Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 8, 2012

Did you convert to Marlboro years? RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Bill Petti (@BillPetti) May 8, 2012

Need to check his birth certificate #notjustlatinplayers RT @mattmgardner: #How RT @devil_fingers Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Ron Melchior (@BigSonisher) May 8, 2012

Looks 87 thanks to first 28 games of 2012 RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?

— Josh Worn (@WalkoffWoodward) May 8, 2012

@jlwoj @devil_fingers Leyland also has a 20 year old son playing A ball for the Tigers. I assumed it was his GRANDson. Nope.

— Al Skorupa (@alskor) May 8, 2012