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Former Cincinnati Red Sean Casey Retires

Posted by SL

January 25, 2009 |

In an off-season that has been slowed by economic fears, retirement has taken precedence over player movement in the last week.  Baseball bid good riddance to Jeff Kent earlier this week, and now Sean Casey has followed Kent into life after baseball.

Sean Casey was a well-liked first baseman everywhere he stopped in his career including Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and finally Boston.  Casey finished his career with a very respectable .302 average.

According to MLB Trade Rumors (via WEEI.com), Casey will be moving into a role with the MLB network.  That should be a good fit for the talkative 34 year-old.

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3 Comments so far

  1. Joe on January 25, 2009 11:54 am

    Wow, I loved “The Mayor”, was hoping he would return to Cincy to be a pinch hitter/ teacher for the young kids. Oh well, he will do well on TV.

  2. Jeff Lantz on January 25, 2009 12:13 pm

    Oh no! Not Casey, he was one of the friendliest pros I ever met.

    At least he’s moving into broadcasting, he should be pretty good at it.

  3. SL on January 26, 2009 9:49 am

    A return to Cincy would have been helpful. He’s a good guy to have around the game.

    You never know when guys hang ‘em up in their mid-thirties, a shot with a contender can usually cause them to put the glove back on.

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