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Old hands, live arms: offense was the breakout star of the first month, but--surprise!--four not so creaky veterans showed they still can get guys out.(MLB)(Cover story)

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His hair is speckled with gray, and his face has grown fuller. But those aren't the only concessions 40-year-old Greg Maddux has made to age. On the day after last Halloween, Maddux showed up at Keith Kleven's gym in Las Vegas to begin a rigorous workout regimen. That was two months earlier than Maddux used to begin his offseason conditioning.

Eighteen months after bleeding into his sock while pitching the Red Sox to a World Series title, 39-year-old Curt Schilling is reaping the benefits of being leaner and stronger than he has been in years.

And a couple of lefthanders on the wrong side of 40, the Mets' Tom Glavine and the Tigers' Kenny Rogers, have ...

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