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Ian Snell Retires

By Tim Dierkes | March 15, 2011 at 2:40pm CDT

Pitcher Ian Snell has retired, tweets B.J. Rains of FOXSportsMidwest.com.  The Cardinals sent Snell to minor league camp and he instead elected to hang up his cleats.  Snell, 29, had signed a minor league contract with the Cardinals in January after being let go by the Mariners.  He was described as eager and excited just last month upon arriving in Florida.

Snell's best season was 2007, when as a 25-year-old he posted a 3.76 ERA in 208 innings.  That performance earned him a three-year, $8.6MM extension, but he quickly lost effectiveness.

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67 Comments

  1. JacksTigers

    15 years ago

    Whoa. Why? I mean, what? Huh… I’m confused. This came out of no where. Looks like “Ian Smell’s” user name is the first MLBTR name to become outdated.

    Reply
    • woadude

      15 years ago

      Atleast his MLBT name was accurate.

      Reply
  2. Ian_Smell

    15 years ago

    I decided that playing baseball and posting on MLBTR was too difficult to juggle, so I’ve decided to post on here full time and give this my complete and undivided attention.

    Reply
    • wickedkevin

      15 years ago

      That’s what I was hoping you would say.

      Reply
    • inleylandwetrust

      15 years ago

      I came on here to make sure you released a statement.

      Reply
      • rickjimbo

        15 years ago

        I’m with Leyland on this, happy to hear it straight from the failed workhorse’s mouth. Happy trails

        Reply
        • wickedkevin

          15 years ago

          I think the regular posters here came on more for Smell’s statement opposed to news on Snell.

          Reply
          • rickjimbo

            15 years ago

            One big happy smellting pot

            Reply
            • wickedkevin

              15 years ago

              One big happy 105 *like* record.

              Reply
              • rickjimbo

                15 years ago

                Reply Derp

                Reply
    • JacksTigers

      15 years ago

      You have increased your likes by about 10% in the last 24 hours. Congratulations.

      Reply
    • bomberj11

      15 years ago

      Holy crap, that’s the most likes I’ve ever seen for any post.

      Reply
      • Stl_Great

        15 years ago

        125 and counting, Congratulations. Thank you for leaving Cardinals Camp, You deserve all the likes in the world Mr. Smell.

        Reply
    • YanksFanSince78

      15 years ago

      is that a record?

      Reply
      • Ian_Smell

        15 years ago

        I’ve actually been wondering that myself.

        Reply
      • JacksTigers

        15 years ago

        someone should look it up for us.

        Reply
    • s8n666

      15 years ago

      I think you may have set a record for ‘likes’ on one posting.

      Reply
  3. Jiujitsu411420

    15 years ago

    Hey Ian…… Smell ya later

    Reply
  4. Pseudonymus Bosch

    15 years ago

    I mean, it must have been bad if the Cardinals decided he couldn’t pitch for them.

    Reply
  5. 55saveslives

    15 years ago

    Who?

    Reply
    • one_more_red_october

      15 years ago

      Ian Oquendo

      Reply
  6. Infield Fly

    15 years ago

    Looks like someone else took a dose of reality – Eric Byrnes style. I give him props for that.

    Reply
    • wickedkevin

      15 years ago

      If a guy loves playing the game, why stop? I have nothing against players who play as long as they can even if they’re awful.

      Reply
      • Infield Fly

        15 years ago

        Well, obviously he thinks it’s time to stop, which is what matters most.

        Reply
      • Bust A Posey

        15 years ago

        Is Rickey Henderson still trying to make a come back in the independent league?

        Reply
      • YanksFanSince78

        15 years ago

        sergio mitre says “thanks for understanding”

        Reply
  7. Lunchbox45

    15 years ago

    I came here hoping it was the player who retired, not the mlbtr poster.

    Reply
  8. Corey Moen

    15 years ago

    H stunk anyways

    Reply
    • JacksTigers

      15 years ago

      fail

      Reply
  9. Corey Moen

    15 years ago

    He stunk anyways

    Reply
    • gangsta

      15 years ago

      *anyway

      anyways- not a word.

      Reply
  10. Lunchbox45

    15 years ago

    Also everyone should Youtube the “how big is Ian Snell’s (word for male member) ”

    It was from a phone in show and a caller with a serious tone asked that question. Its hilarious.

    Reply
    • JacksTigers

      15 years ago

      I love how they cut him off half way through.

      “And I’d just like to know how big is Ian Snell’s pe..”

      Reply
      • Lunchbox45

        15 years ago

        haha its so good cuz the guy didn’t laugh or anything…

        “we all know he has huge upside and a huge penis… but I’d like to know just how big Ian Snell’s Pe.. ”

        haha

        Reply
        • JacksTigers

          15 years ago

          You could tell that he had rehearsed it a thousand times. I love the look on the old guys face.

          Reply
    • Motor_City_Bombshell

      15 years ago

      oh my goodness. if i’d have seen that on tv that would have been the funniest and most random thing i’d have ever watched…damn. hahaha

      Reply
  11. hoagiebuchanan

    15 years ago

    DELAWARE REPRESENT!

    Reply
  12. headsupkid01

    15 years ago

    Ian Snell retires? This is actually news worthy?

    Reply
    • JacksTigers

      15 years ago

      Why yes. Yes it is.

      Reply
      • wickedkevin

        15 years ago

        I want to say something snooty back, but it was his first post on the site, so I’ll be good.

        Reply
        • JacksTigers

          15 years ago

          Trust me, it took every fiber in my body for my smart @$$ not to tell him off.

          Reply
    • mrjjbond

      15 years ago

      Any relation to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration?

      Reply
      • Lee Steva

        15 years ago

        Or Bagger Vance?

        Reply
  13. Luis

    15 years ago

    We gave him a chance in Seattle, pitcher friendly park and he still sucked. Oh well..

    Reply
  14. goner

    15 years ago

    When asked what he planned to do after hanging up his cleats, Snell said he was going to buy “the world’s biggest jar of peanut butter” and smear it on his chest, then roll around in broken glass.

    Reply
  15. Hoosierdaddy92

    15 years ago

    If Dave Duncan can’t fix him, NO ONE CAN

    Reply
    • Stl_Great

      15 years ago

      Bob can.

      Reply
  16. Tony Mattar

    15 years ago

    Snell, you failed in Seattle and realized that you weren’t good even in the minors you hung up the cleats. You coulnd’t keep up with the triple A kids haha. nice job on quitting. What an inspiration folks.

    Reply
    • HerbertAnchovy

      15 years ago

      Classy comment. I’m guessing what baseball skill he had is more than you’ll ever have. At least he tried for a comeback, which is admirable.

      Reply
      • marinersforlife

        15 years ago

        please inform me on this “comback” of his. Do you know how any times he would get replaced in the 5th sometimes 4th inning here in Seattle?

        Reply
        • HerbertAnchovy

          15 years ago

          Actually I do, because I watch nearly every Mariners game. How many innings he worked is irrelevant.

          Did you actually read what I wrote before you made a snotty comment? I said “tried for a comeback”, which he obviously did since he went to Tacoma, then moved on to The Cardinals to work with Dave Duncan.

          Reply
    • BattingThird_Number34

      15 years ago

      He did become a Major League Baseball player – something I dreamed of when I was a kid. What have you done besides deride a guy for being mediocre at the highest possible level?

      Reply
  17. darkstorm97

    15 years ago

    I once saw him pitch at Busch stadium in 2006. He gave up 3 homers to Albert Pujols. That will always be my memory of Ian Snell.

    Reply
    • cards612

      15 years ago

      in his defense, it was Albert Pujols…i’d give the credit more to Pujols’s talent level than to Snell’s lack of talent.

      Reply
  18. Mosca

    15 years ago

    When he left the Pirates, he peed all over them, saying that the team and the coaches were the reason he fell off the map. Then he went out and proved himself wrong.

    Reply
  19. Triteon

    15 years ago

    Ian Snell? I know people…and I have a very good feeling about you.

    Reply
  20. LongTimeFan1

    15 years ago

    Snell was suicidal a few years ago while with the Pirates and asked to be sent down to the minors because he couldn’t manage expectations at the big league level. I don’t know why he retired at such a young age, but it’s good bet his overall well being had something to do with it.

    Reply
    • Skeeb Wilcox

      15 years ago

      It’s the other twenty four that we didn’t hear about…

      Reply

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