23-year vet Franco retires following stint in Mexico

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If You Can't Beat 'Em, Steal 'Em!
Published 5/4/2008 by Metstradamus at The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
... But hey, what's Julio Franco doing these days?

Someone give this man a damn retirement party
Published 5/5/2008 at Sports Bastards
Apparently no one seems to have noticed, but Julio Franco retired yesterday after a 23-year career in baseball. How this news hasn't even registered as a blip on the MLB radar boggles my mind. In this day and age when so many athletes who "retire" get a send-off of obscene proportions (only to unretire less than a year later), the end of a career that spans decades should get some kind of an honorable mention, yet no one seems to give a damn. No, Julio Franco was not a superstar, but the fact that he was still playing effectively after over 20 years should be ...

Read: A World Without Julio Franco
Published 5/5/2008 by Brandon Eddy at MetsBlog.com
At the ripe age of 49, former Met Julio Franco finally decided to retire on Saturday. ESPN.com ’s PAGE 2 put together a pretty interesting list of tidbits that were happening in 1981, which was the last time Franco was officially out of MLB. Some of the items listed: • Reggie Jackson was the highest paid player in baseball in 1981, with a salary of $588,000. • The average major league salary was approximately $144,000, and the average ticket price was $4.50. ...