The career of Jeromy Burnitz has seemingly finally ended today; Burnitz announced his retirement at the age of 37 today.Burnitz was bought out by the Pirates for $700,000 this past off-season after they declined to pick up his $6 million option in his final year. It was the first year Burnitz didn't have a guaranteed deal, according to the Sports Frog:
Agent Howard Simon said Burnitz had contemplated retirement for the past two or three seasons, only to return to play each time.The entire ESPN story - which has this quote from Burnitz's agent - can be found here:Except he didn't retire, perhaps because he had a guaranteed contract. No team is interested in him this spring, making "retirement" a mere formality ...
"When it came down to it, he wasn't quite ready to do it," Simon said. "I thought the same thing might happen this time around, but he's made up his mind to call it quits for sure."Welp, that's that. Burnitz is gone "for sure." I'm not sure exactly who's mourning the loss, or if Burnitz will be remembered for more than the really weird way he spells his first name, but such is the nature of the game. Thanks for the nomenclature memories, Jeromy.
