Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Former Yankees farmhand Peter Gietzen tried a comeback in 2009, like a comeback 17 years after he last played, The Detroit Free Press wrote . Gietzen, then at age 41, attended an open tryout for the Tigers, more so really to support a player he'd been mentoring than really believing he had a chance himself, The Free Press wrote . "Sure, I wanted to see if I still had it 20 years later," Gietzen, who conceded he felt "like an old man," told The Free Press . "It didn't work out, but it was worth trying." Gietzen's actual playing career, shortened by injury, lasted just three seasons . He topped out at high-A. Gietzen's career began in 1989, taken by the Yankees in the 23rd round of the draft out of Florida International University. In one appearance at Florida International, Gietzen went 6.1 innings of long relief and struck out 10. Gietzen started with the Yankees in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He got into 18 games and started two. He ...