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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

One of the few Royales I respect is hangin em up


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, a former first-round pick whose roller-coaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, announced Thursday he will retire after the season.
Gordon was the second overall pick in the 2005 first-year player draft following a standout career at Nebraska, where he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur in baseball. He made his big league debut two years later and, after a few years shuttling back and forth to the minors, moved from third base to the outfield and found success.
He wound up playing his entire 14-year career in Kansas City, joining only George Brett and Frank White as position players with that much longevity with the franchise. He heads into a weekend four-game series against Detroit with the third-most walks (682), fourth-most homers (190), fifth-most doubles (357) and sixth-most games played (1,749) in club history.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

One of the few Royales I respect is hangin em up


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, a former first-round pick whose roller-coaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, announced Thursday he will retire after the season.
Gordon was the second overall pick in the 2005 first-year player draft following a standout career at Nebraska, where he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur in baseball. He made his big league debut two years later and, after a few years shuttling back and forth to the minors, moved from third base to the outfield and found success.
He wound up playing his entire 14-year career in Kansas City, joining only George Brett and Frank White as position players with that much longevity with the franchise. He heads into a weekend four-game series against Detroit with the third-most walks (682), fourth-most homers (190), fifth-most doubles (357) and sixth-most games played (1,749) in club history.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

One of the few Royales I respect is hangin em up


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, a former first-round pick whose roller-coaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, announced Thursday he will retire after the season.
Gordon was the second overall pick in the 2005 first-year player draft following a standout career at Nebraska, where he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur in baseball. He made his big league debut two years later and, after a few years shuttling back and forth to the minors, moved from third base to the outfield and found success.
He wound up playing his entire 14-year career in Kansas City, joining only George Brett and Frank White as position players with that much longevity with the franchise. He heads into a weekend four-game series against Detroit with the third-most walks (682), fourth-most homers (190), fifth-most doubles (357) and sixth-most games played (1,749) in club history.

He was all business and consistently hurt the Twins. He hit better against us than anyone else.
I respected him. Being from Nebraska helped too!

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

One of the few Royales I respect is hangin em up


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, a former first-round pick whose roller-coaster career took him from near bust to All-Star and Gold Glove winner, announced Thursday he will retire after the season.
Gordon was the second overall pick in the 2005 first-year player draft following a standout career at Nebraska, where he won the Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur in baseball. He made his big league debut two years later and, after a few years shuttling back and forth to the minors, moved from third base to the outfield and found success.
He wound up playing his entire 14-year career in Kansas City, joining only George Brett and Frank White as position players with that much longevity with the franchise. He heads into a weekend four-game series against Detroit with the third-most walks (682), fourth-most homers (190), fifth-most doubles (357) and sixth-most games played (1,749) in club history.

He was all business and consistently hurt the Twins. He hit better against us than anyone else.
I respected him. Being from Nebraska helped too!

I remember a couple smart dudes pining for him when the Royals wanted to cut him loose.
And if I'm not mistaken, you and I did, too.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Can someone summarize the AL and NL playoff matchups?

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Can someone summarize the AL and NL playoff matchups?

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-picture

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Miami outfielder Starling Marte and right-hander Jose Urena left Sundays' regular-season finale against the New York Yankees after getting hurt in the early innings.

Marte was hit on the front of his helmet by Clarke Schmidt's 94 mph fastball in the second inning. The pitch knocked off the helmet. Marte stayed down for a few minutes and was replaced by Lewis Brinson.

Urena, a candidate for Miami's postseason bullpen, was hit on his pitching hand by a 103.9 mph line drive from AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu with one out in the third. Urena crumpled over in pain and stayed down in front of the mound before exiting the game. He was replaced by Daniel Castano.

After the game, a 5-0 Miami win, the Marlins said Urena suffered a nondisplaced ulna fracture in his right forearm, and Marte had a bruised left ear.