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With Willie Randolph getting closer and closer to
the chopping block, at least in the fans eyes,
I'll be the first to suggest this replacement. Newly retired, former-everything, Julio Franco. Why not?
Playing time shuffles in Oakland and LA, more
cause for frenzy in Flushing Meadows, and how low
can the Pads go?
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Although the ageless Julio Franco ended his Major
League Baseball career last year, he was still playing
in the Mexican League this season. That is until a few days ago, when he officially decided to hang up his cleats. By the way, he's 49. Yes, ...
Pags has tough words for the Yankees and
Rich Hill.
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, ...
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, ...
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Julio Franco, who announced his retirement this week,
played 23 years in the majors and posted this
batting line: .298/.365/.417.
Deadspin reports that Julio Franco has apparently retired
from baseball .
By now you've undoubtedly heard the sad news.
We've lost Julio Franco. No, Franco hasn't passed away.
He just retired from baseball -- finally! -- at the age of 49. The last year Franco was officially out of the major leagues? 1981! To put that in ...
Julio Franco, the oldest player to hit a
home run in the majors, announced his retirement from
baseball after a 23-year career in the major leagues and stints in his native Dominican Republic, Korea, Japan and Mexico.
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 ...
Julio Franco last played in the majors in
2007, when he played in 55 games with the
Mets and the Braves.
Okay, just when I think I've heard it
all, I hear something new. Miguel Tejada told the
Astros today that he's been lying about his age, and that he's actually 33, not 31. And he's telling the Astros this himself...
Baseball nicknames. It's as timeless as Julio Franco.
"After seeing fellow countryman Miguel Tejada come clean
about his age, I have decided that it was
only fair to reveal the truth about myself. All those years that I was playing, I was really older than I said."
Remember as a kid when you were out
in the back yard and you did your best
to impersonate your favorite baseball player at bat? Mark Grace was my man. But in some of my tee ball photos I clearly had a thing for Julio Franco's stance. Don't ask, I ...
By now you must have seen the ESPN
E:60 interview with Miguel Tejada — or lack thereof.
If you haven’t, welcome back to the States, hopefully you didn’t lose your passport during your travels. Anyway, for about a week now ESPN has ...
Julio Franco, 49, officially retired from baseball after
23 years in the Majors. Franco played for eight
teams in his career, and was the oldest player to hit a home run in the Majors.
























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