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05-31-2018, 12:23 PM
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Quite a contrasting personality to the man who preceded him (closely if not immediately), Billy Martin. He retired at age 30 -- interestingly, the same age and year (1966) as Koufax -- was it injury or had he just had enough of the game?
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05-31-2018, 02:43 PM
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He has written an excellent autobiography...I own it but haven't read it in about 2 years. Loved it. If I remember right, not only did he retire early, but stayed on an extra year by request of the coaching staff to help with the younger players. Class act.
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05-31-2018, 05:53 PM
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...From his SABR bio: On August 31, 1966, at age 31, Bobby Richardson announced his retirement from professional baseball: "This will be my last year as far as playing baseball for the New York Yankees. I will close out the year with 10 years and 56 days of real enjoyment spent in Yankee Stadium and the clubhouses and diamonds of the league. But I feel the time has come when I really should spend a little more time with my family." (15) The years of shuttling his family from Sumter to Ft. Lauderdale to Ridgewood, New Jersey, would soon be over.
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