Damn, I hope I look this good if I make it to 111 years old (or 102 according to some reports)! Bernando LaPallo (who is considered to be the Yankees oldest fan) received the opportunity to meet Derek Jeter and some other players over the weekend & discussed his book on healthy living. LaPallo was given full access to the field. Check out a couple pics and report after the jump…
*PHOTOS ABOVE IN GALLERY*
Via MSN:
Yankees fan Bernando LaPallo is actually older than his favorite team. The 111-year-old LaPallo visited the new Yankees Stadium in New York City on Saturday — the third stadium the team has had in his lifetime — where he casually mingled with the likes of Derek Jeter and manager Joe Girardi. But when you’ve met Babe Ruth in the flesh, there’s no need to be shy amongst today’s stars.
Looking closer to 75 than 111, LaPallo gave away one of his key secrets to longevity: stay away from the hot dogs. He broke the rule once — 100 years ago — and, one stomach-pumping later, swore off them for life.
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Via FoxSports:
A baseball fan who says he’s 111 years old and was saluted by the New York Yankees on the field this weekend has no proof of his age.
Bernando LaPallo chatted with Yankees star Derek Jeter before Saturday night’s game against Boston. The Arizona resident playfully calls himself the Yankees’ oldest fan.
But a consultant with Guinness World Records who specializes in validating the ages of older people said public records show LaPallo was born in 1910, not on Aug. 17, 1901.
”Many extreme age claims in the past have turned out to be false,” researcher Robert Young told The Associated Press in an email Sunday.
Young also is the senior database administrator for the Gerontology Research Group, which keeps a list of verified age claims of supercentenarians — people who are at least 110.
Young said LaPallo would be the second-oldest man in the world if his claim was true. A man in Japan is 116.
LaPallo told the AP on Sunday that many people doubt him because he’s in such good condition.
”It is hard to believe,” he said by telephone. ”And because I can pass for 65 or 70, people say it’s impossible.”
LaPallo’s granddaughter said his birthdate was incorrectly written down as 1910 instead of 1901 at a Social Security office in Florida during the mid-1930s. Ekayani Chamberlin, who runs a fitness Web site with her grandfather and promotes his lectures on aging, says the family doesn’t have an official record of his birth in Brazil.
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