Julio Franco retires from baseball
Published 5/3/2008 at Boston.com -- Baseball News
Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, South Korea, Japan and Mexico. In 2007, he became the oldest player to hit a home run in the majors.
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McLovin posted 5/2/2008 from deadspin.com
One wouldn't think that this would be classified as "news," necessarily, but we still find it noteworthy, and kind of sad: Julio Franco has officially announced his retirement. Well, we think so, anyway; the story has only been reported by the official site of the Mexican League, where Franco had been peddling his wares. And it's all in Spanish. We tried translating it through Babelfish, ...THT Live:Julio Franco retires
The Hardball Times found this 5/3/2008 on www.hardballtimes.com
Deadspin reports that Julio Franco has apparently retired from baseball .Franco, 49, oldest to hit HR in majors, retires - MLB - SI.com
Wax Heaven found this 5/3/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Julio Franco last played in the majors in 2007, when he played in 55 games with the Mets and the Braves.Julio Franco retires from baseball - Yahoo! News
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 5/3/2008 on news.yahoo.com
MEXICO CITY - Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic , South Korea, Japan and Mexico . In 2007, he became ...The Associated Press: Julio Franco retires from baseball
Can't Stop The Bleeding found this 5/3/2008 on ap.google.com
1 day ago MEXICO CITY (AP) Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, South Korea, Japan and Mexico. In 2007, ...
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Wax Heaven • I must be getting old…
…because Julio Franco, one of the players I watched growing up has officially retired . Of course, most of the M.L.B already knew this since Franco was stuck playing this season in a Mexican league. It’s kind of sad to see him finally ...
…because Julio Franco, one of the players I watched growing up has officially retired . Of course, most of the M.L.B already knew this since Franco was stuck playing this season in a Mexican league. It’s kind of sad to see him finally ...
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Julio Franco Retires Julio Franco anunció su retiro That’s the headline over on the Mexican side of milb.com . We’ve got the translated text and some Franco love inside. (more…)
Julio Franco Retires Julio Franco anunció su retiro That’s the headline over on the Mexican side of milb.com . We’ve got the translated text and some Franco love inside. (more…)
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From the AP : 49-year-old Julio Franco announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, South Korea, Japan and Mexico. In 2007, he became the oldest player to hit a ...
From the AP : 49-year-old Julio Franco announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, South Korea, Japan and Mexico. In 2007, he became the oldest player to hit a ...
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Julio Franco played professional baseball for over 25 years. That is a long freaking time to be a professional athlete. He has now retired, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Franco wasn't ever truly dominant; he maxed out at 20 home runs in ...
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Julio Franco retires from baseball
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Julio Franco finally called it quits.The 49-year-old announced his retiremen...
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At 49, Julio Franco retires from baseball
MEXICO CITY - Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his...
MEXICO CITY - Julio Franco finally called it quits. The 49-year-old announced his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his...
Julio Franco retires from baseball
Julio Franco, the oldest player ever to hit a major league home run, finally called it quits.
Julio Franco, the oldest player ever to hit a major league home run, finally called it quits.
Franco, 49, Retires From Mexican League, Professional Baseball
Julio Franco, thee oldest player to hit a home run in the majors, announces his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career.
Julio Franco, thee oldest player to hit a home run in the majors, announces his retirement from baseball after a 23-year career.
