Jamie Moyer harbors no illusions about his recovery from Tommy John surgery, which he had less than a month ago. But he also doesn't want to be told when it's time to hang it up.

Moyer, who turned 48 in November, faces a year to 18 months of rehabilitation, meaning it'll be 2012 -- and he'll be close to 50 -- before he can return to baseball. Yet that is precisely what he is considering.

"In all honesty, I just don't feel like I'm ready to give it up. I feel I'm entitled to make my own decision," Moyer told the Seattle Times. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, which people don't seem to be shy about expressing.