Julio Franco Finally Retires

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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, you read that right. Franco retired from baseball at age 49. He'd been in pro baseball at a variety of levels for 30 years. As crazy as that ... [link]

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Published 5/7/2008 by El Canon at Rumors and Rants
Buzz Bissinger says he might have overreacted on HBO a while back - The Big Lead Goodbye, Julio Franco. That thing about Jim Kaat and Ted Williams is freaking nuts - FanIQ Blog Top 12 Sports Fandoms that Double as Child Abuse. And I couldn't agree more with number two - Epic Carnival I have to buy a game with DeSean Jackson on the cover in August? Weak - The Sporting Blog Did this girl from UF say she likes to swing? Nice - Busted Coverage Screw the NBA, this kid could have played at IU next year, no questions asked - Awful Announcing The Elite ...

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