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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Tigers’ Todd Jones announces retirement

Rehoboth Beach…here I come!

Todd Jones, who represented the best and most challenged times in recent Tigers history, has decided to retire at age 40.

Jones made the announcement today in his weekly column for the Sporting News.

“So this is it,” Jones wrote. “If you’re a Tigers fan, I’ll never stress you out again. If you’re not a Tigers fan, you’ll never have me as your ace in the hole, convinced I’ll blow a lead against your team.”

Repoz Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:17 PM | 24 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. SacBunt Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:28 PM (#2952847)

He should have stuck with the fastball down the middle: "You won't have Todd Jones to kick around any more."

2. SoSH U at work Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:30 PM (#2952849)

“So this is it,” Jones wrote. “If you’re a Tigers fan, I’ll never stress you out again. If you’re not a Tigers fan, you’ll never have me as your ace in the hole, convinced I’ll blow a lead against your team.”

OK, he deservedly takes a lot of crap, but that's damn good.

3. Vida Blew Over the Legal Limit Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:30 PM (#2952850)

He can now spend all of his time with his husband Clay Aiken and their new baby.

4. chemdoc Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:37 PM (#2952865)

Todd Jones and Matt Millen on the same day? Inconceivable!

5. Raf Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:38 PM (#2952866)

Now that I think of it, the two announcements came pretty close...

6. aleskel

Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:51 PM (#2952881)

OK, he deservedly takes a lot of crap, but that's damn good.

Agreed. He may be a homophobe, but damn if he doesn't have a sense of humor.

7. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: September 24, 2008 at 04:54 PM (#2952885)

Indeed, further kudos to Jones for that line.

8. MM1f Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:04 PM (#2952899)

I'm really going to miss him.
He seems like he was one of the good, honest guys in the game and I really loved reading his stuff.

9. Don't want the truth; just wanna see some dingers Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:11 PM (#2952907)

And I, for one, really enjoyed his columns for The Sporting News. It was a great window into being a big-leaguer.

10. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:15 PM (#2952912)

This is rare. I'm getting a Repoz reference that very few other people here will.

11. Gazizza, my Dilznoofuses! Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:18 PM (#2952918)

I felt the same way, Dock. I never get his references and got this one right away.

12. Best Dressed Chicken in Town Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:25 PM (#2952931)

He may be a homophobe

Phew...I was a little worried no one would mention that in this thread.

13. salvomania Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:31 PM (#2952943)

For a long time I kept getting Todd Jones and Doug Jones mixed up. It probably started in 1993 when they both pitched for the Astros... then finally Doug Jones retired and I stopped mixing them up.... now, in a few years, I'll probably start mixing them up again...

14. fra paolo Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:33 PM (#2952946)

Poor Jim Leyland. He won't have any more Todd Tums® moments he could turn into Endorsement Dollars. Back to Marlboro Country™ for him.

15. WillYoung Posted: September 24, 2008 at 05:56 PM (#2952991)

Right out of college, I lived in a basement apartment in DC. The couple who owned the house spent practically every weekend at their other place at Rehoboth.

16. Greg Schuler Posted: September 24, 2008 at 06:58 PM (#2953073)

I've been a proud resident of the First State for eleven years and I have yet to make a trip the beaches.

I'm told real Delawareans head to Dewey or Lewes before Rehoboth. All the out-of-staters crowd Rehoboth.

17. MM1f Posted: September 24, 2008 at 07:01 PM (#2953077)

How do you live anywhere for 11 years and not go to the beach?

18. rlc Posted: September 24, 2008 at 07:15 PM (#2953092)

How do you live anywhere for 11 years and not go to the beach?

Many lifetime residents of Kansas are scratching their heads at this one...

19. MM1f Posted: September 24, 2008 at 07:23 PM (#2953103)

Ha,
I obviously didn't mean going to the beach in Kansas.
Rather, how could you live anywhere even kind of near a beach and not go for 11 years

20. Best Dressed Chicken in Town Posted: September 24, 2008 at 07:38 PM (#2953137)

It's annoying. Not the beach so much as the ocean, the sand and the seagulls and things like that.

21. Justin T is expanding the aperture of awareness Posted: September 24, 2008 at 07:50 PM (#2953150)

Beaches suck, as #20 said. I've lived a block from a beach in two separate locations for a combined 6 years and probably set foot on sand twice maybe.

Living a block from the beach, with a view of the ocean, kicks ass however.

22. vortex of dissipation Posted: September 24, 2008 at 08:01 PM (#2953165)

How do you live anywhere for 11 years and not go to the beach?

I've lived all of my life within a few miles of large bodies of open water, and the last time I went to the beach I was about six. My Mum got me a toy bucket and shovel, and took me to the beach. Apparently (although I don't remember this), I threw a fit, and loudly proclaimed, "I don't want to go to the beach. I want to go to the ART MUSEUM!"

Haven't been to the beach since.

23. Willie Mayspedes Posted: September 24, 2008 at 08:20 PM (#2953194)

You guys need beaches with chicks in bikinis.

24. Rusty Priske Posted: September 25, 2008 at 12:47 PM (#2954530)

I am shaking my head at the idea that Todd Jones 'seemed like a good guy'.

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