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Old 09-27-2010, 05:49 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by jar2574 View Post
I have seen that too. A pitcher got hurt for 13-14 months, and his injury occured right before he became a free agent. At about the time he recovered, and thus, would become more attractive to teams again, he retired. Presumably, he got tired of waiting in the free agent pool.
The 2 top guys I wrote about originally just retired as the new year started. That's annoying, especially since 1 of them was in contract talks.

I backed up the season on 12/31, so if anyone has help on how to get them to sign before they retire, let me know.
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