Lew Dunlap wants whippersnappers to stay off his infield lawn.
The 88-year-old took offense to a pitch up and in while batting at Colorado Rockies fantasy camp this week and, too incensed to pause and hitch his pants any higher, he headed straight out toward the mound, bat in hand.
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