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Shawn Green Retires

By Tim Dierkes [February 28, 2008 at 8:18am CST]

According to Mark Hale of the New York Post, outfielder Shawn Green has decided to retire. He had interest from a half-dozen clubs, but apparently nothing close enough to his California home. Green retires at 35 with about $100MM earned in his career. That'd be kind of nice, wouldn't it?

Green finishes with a line of .283/.355/.494 and 328 home runs. He topped 40 HR in three different seasons.

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I'm surprised nobody picked him up. He still handles righties pretty well. (.865 OPS in 2007)

I think I was one of the few Mets fans sad to see him go.

Posted by: stellar | February 28, 2008 at 08:34 AM

I'm a Jays fan and I'm sad to see him go too. Thanks Shawn for your work in Toronto. Carlos Delgado, Shawn Green, one-two punch.

Posted by: Jays Believer 92,93 | February 28, 2008 at 08:50 AM

And now he can take off all days he wants without those pesky critical late-season Dodgers-Giants games getting in the way!

Posted by: bobo | February 28, 2008 at 08:52 AM

I am sad to see the Yom Kippur Clipper retire...

Congrats on a great career Shawn

Posted by: jza1218 | February 28, 2008 at 09:07 AM

Thanks for the memories, Shawn. I still remember my first ballgame at Skydome where you waved at me and my friends. You were my favourite player at the time, and I'll never forget it.

May he enjoy his Golden Years to their full extent.

Posted by: Lindsay | February 28, 2008 at 09:10 AM

Another guy who posted a solid career who has decided to hang 'em up...both him and Klesko were good ballplayers...good luck to both of them in whatever comes next...

Posted by: Boswa73 | February 28, 2008 at 09:54 AM

Now with Shawn gone who inherits "The Hebrew Hammer" moniker?

Posted by: touchmymonkey | February 28, 2008 at 10:23 AM

Another juicer gone...he held on too long just collecting paychecks

Posted by: rfro | February 28, 2008 at 10:37 AM

I believe the Hebrew Hammer was already anointed on Ryan Braun

Posted by: jza1218 | February 28, 2008 at 10:39 AM

Only Braun's dad is Jewish. His mother isn't/wasn't.

I nominate David Newhan or Youk.

Posted by: stellar | February 28, 2008 at 10:49 AM

You would have to pick Youck.. David Newhan is terrible

Posted by: Bonatom | February 28, 2008 at 12:20 PM

I'm sad to see that he hung 'em up, too. If he wanted to keep playing he could've latched on somewhere.

Posted by: JD | February 28, 2008 at 02:11 PM

Ryan Braun is the new Hebrew Hammer. He's not even really new he's been a jew for a while.

But yeah lets GO JEWISH ATHLETES. There are like 8 of them so I gotta root for them.

When you have a guy named D'Qwell Jackson and a guy named Shlomo Goldstein, you rarely hear that the latter is a pro athlete and the former is an accountant.

Posted by: scribbletone | February 28, 2008 at 06:03 PM

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