January 27, 2012
Months after most baseball fans assumed he would retire, and weeks after it was informally announced that he would retire, Jorge Posada actually said the words, “I’m going to retire.”

Say Goodbye to Jorge and His Chins
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Baseball, MLB, NY Yankees, Personal Foul, Sports | Tagged: andy pettitte, Baseball, catcher, david cone, jorge posada, knees, New York Yankees, Orlando Hernandez, party, press conference, randy johnson, retire, Retirement |
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April 13, 2011
The Boston Red Sox have the worst record in baseball. #ACompletelyFactualStatement

Manny's Been Phoning It In For a While Now
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Baseball, MLB, Sports | Tagged: Baseball, carlos delgado, injury, josh hamilton, major league baseball, Manny Ramirez, mets, MLB, quit, rangers, red sox, Retirement, season |
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March 9, 2011
Five years after his retirement from the NFL, following a failed attempt at a broadcasting career and a scandalous divorce last

"I feel as young as the chicks I hook up with," - What Tiki Barber wants to say about coming back to football
year, Tiki Barber is ready to be a comeback story… but it may be a short story for the highly criticized almost-36-year-old.
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June 3, 2010
Detroit Starting Pitcher Armando Galarraga covered first base, took the throw from second in time to make the 27th straight out in the 9th inning to complete his perfect game… except that Umpire Jim Joyce blew the call, allowing Cleveland’s Jason Donald to be ruled safe, despite needing an extra stride to hit the bag. Galarraga’s game may have been perfect, but Joyce’s wasn’t and neither is the game of baseball as we know it.
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August 18, 2009
Of course, Brett Favre has signed a deal with the Minnesota Vikings as the local “Look at me, I can’t live without attention” guy.
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June 7, 2009
Sammy Sosa, who has not played since 2007, decided to cash in on some limelight by officially retiring from baseball unemployment.
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April 20, 2009
“Boom! Tough acting retirement.”
John Madden is retiring from broadcasting, he announced this week. The seventy-three year old wants to spend more time with his family and less time being unable to resist tasty stadium snacks.
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