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MetsBlog.com found this 5/5/2008 on sports.espn.go.com [flag]
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 perspective …• Reggie Jackson was the highest paid player in baseball in 1981, with a salary of $588,000.• The average major league salary was ... [link]

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Read: A World Without Julio Franco
Published 5/5/2008 by Brandon Eddy at MetsBlog.com
... 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. ...

Julio Franco Finally Retires
Published 5/6/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... in baseball, with a salary of $588,000. Tom Kite was the PGA's leading money winner with $375,699. Roger Federer hadn't even been born yet. That's absolutely nuts. Anyway, Franco had a very productive MLB career, accumulating a career .298 average with over 2,500 hits. Personally, I think he should be in the Hall of Fame just because of long he played. We'll miss you Julio, and your awesome batting stance. [HT: ESPN Page 2]

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