Octavio Dotel ages 2 years

[Francis3]

I dont know if it was posted, but Octavio Dotel got a little older. ;)
WE THOUGHT he was 26 but he is really 28.


"Sometimes it's hard for us (Dominicans) to sign with our real age," said Dotel.


I got this on astrosconnection, they are the clutchcity of astros.

http://www.astrosconnection.com/html/news_item.cfm?id=224

[Timing]

A lot of foreign latin players might start aging if their documents get scrutinized. Rafael Furcal aged 2 years too.

[Rocket Fan]

i'm curious. let's say that player like that has a huge contract and is playing bad.. then it is found o ut that they are really a differnt age. could the team void the contract on the basis that the player misrepresented themselves. . does the contract have the players birthday in it anywhere or whatever..

[gr8-1]

I think Ramon Ortiz (Angels) aged 4 years. I guess major league teams like 18 year old kids rather than 20 year olds. I didn't think it was that big a difference.

[Behad]

Jayson Starks (http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark_jayson/1339359.html) covers this issue. Funny stuff. I like Starks better than Neyer.

[edc]

Not that it matters, but isn't it pretty well known Olajuwon is at least two years older than his "on the record" age?

[gr8-1]

I wonder if all Dominicans do this? I don't blame them really. How old is Alou then? :)

[haven]

Starks is funny, and Neyer actually isn't that good of a sabermetrician... but I still appreciate the effort :).

[kidrock8]

Alou has to be 50.

An old lady in a wheelchair would have had more range in the OF.

[ROXRAN]

That's right.

[finalsbound]

Yeah...Alou has got to be 50 if Octavio Dotel is 28. He looks like he's 20.

http://espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/6111.jpg

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He looks very young.

[finalsbound]

http://images.sportsline.com/images/baseball/mlb/players/60x80/18740.jpg