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Article: The doctor is in ... indomitable, Indefatigable, Indestructible.(Sports)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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VIRGINIA BEACH
Hours later, when the bottle of Scotch sits empty in front of a man who turns 84 this month, this will all make sense. Still, the introduction is jarring.
You've come to see the guy everyone around here - really, everyone - calls Doc. You've heard the stories, which sound more like folktales than facts. You've heard him described as a legend, a freak of nature, a fountain of youth.
But nothing prepares you for the real man.
Sue, his 83-year-old wife, meets you at the door of the house they bought in 1957 - an old horse stable that Doc made a home with his own hands.
"Oh, hello!" Sue says sweetly, almost singing ...