Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on August 22, 1939)

Happy birthday to Carl Yastrzemski—the legendary Yaz! Years have flown like one of your famous line drives over Fenway Park’s Green Monster, yet fans still fondly recall that glorious summer of 1967. When you captured baseball's Triple Crown—leading the league in batting average (.326), home runs (44), and RBIs (121)—you firmly stamped yourself into major-league lore.

As a Hall-of-Famer and iconic Red Sox outfielder, you're proof age is just another pitch across the plate; something you've always known how to handle effortlessly. So here's wishing many more innings filled with laughter, grand slams worth celebrating—and fewer curveballs from life!