Our friend at the Desk of Decal posted these numbers in a comment today.. I thought I would share with you all..
A comparison of the 2010 Ironpigs to the 2011 Ironpigs in respect to age:
Catcher
Paul Hoover, 34 vs. Erik Kratz 30 (-4)
Dane Sardinha 31——
Infielders
Andy Tracy, 36 vs. Tagg Bozied 31 (-5)
Wilson Valdez, 32 vs. Ronnie Belliard, 35. (+3)
Luis Maza, 30 vs. Josh Barfield, 28 (-2)
Melvin Dorta, 28 vs. Kevin Frandsen, 28 ( 0 )
Cody Ransom, 34 vs. Jeff Larish, 28 (-6)
Brian Bocock 25—
Outfielders
John Mayberry Jr. 26 vs. Delwyn Young, 28 (+2)
DeWayne Wise, 32 vs. Brandon Moss, 27 (-5)
Rich Thompson, 31
Chris Duffy, 30 vs. Cory Sullivan, 31 (+1)
Neil Sellers, 28 vs. Matt Miller, 28 ( 0 )
Pitchers
Brian Mazone, 33 vs. Ryan Feierabend, 25 (-8)
Joe Savery, 24 vs. Vance Worley, 23 (-1)
Nate Bump, 33–
Brandon Duckworth, 34 vs. Jason Grilli, 34 ( 0 )
Ryan Vogelsong, 32 vs. Eddie Bonine 29 (-3)
Drew Carpenter 25—
Brian Gordon, 31—
Scott Mathieson, 26—
Mike Zagurski, 27—
Oscar Villarreal, 28 vs Brian Bass, 29 (+1)
Overall, the starters (Looking at opening day rosters; This isn’t an exact computation) for 2011 are collectively 27 years younger than the 2010 squad. Granted the difference between a 34 yr old and a 31 yr old is not that great, but when you have a generally younger team it seems the athleticism is on a higher level.
OinK!
noisenation.mlblogs.com 
Younger players have more athleticism (read – speed)…but less experience and can be more prone to unnecessary mental errors that can cost a team ball games.
Of course, the IronPigs have free red balloons (and sometimes, blue) so winning is a relative thing here on the East Side of Allentown.
Besides, we triumph no matter what.
Yes! Triumph no matter what! (and we’re not talking about the motorcycle) 🙂
Whew!…I feel so much better about the IronPigs now that you got us all a new slogan for our team to live by…I was really struggling to support a chronically won/loss percentage-challenged ballclub.
🙂