"From the age of 10 is really when you start to practice more hours per week than your age and at this moment we haven't got girls who are doing that, " he says.

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You know this, but you probably don't know the average number of innings thrown at his age by the five recent pitchers who compare to him.

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On the other hand, if you look at how fast things are changing - in this Information Age the volume of facts in the world is doubling every five years.

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There is a minimum age at which you become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits, and this is the same for all people, 62.

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Now suppose that you are the father of this gamer, pondering upon whether, at the age of 23, Sonny Boy is ever going to go get a real job.

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"You guys are at an age where all the possibilities are open to you, " she told the Atlanta students this week.

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