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ABOUT THE ONLY SURE THING IN baseball is that you can't be absolutely certain about anything, including the vexing question of whether a player, especially one in his early or mid-thirties, is likely to rebound from a season or two of sub-par performance or is on a one-way path to being totally "washed up."
The careers of most players could be plotted on a graph, beginning with a steady diagonal climb to a productive high, followed by an extended plateau of consistent performance before the inevitable downward slope sets in, whether caused by aging, physical injuries, personal problems, or decreased competitive spirit.
Once in a while, however, even ...