Ivan rodriguez

• ARLINGTON - Choking up on several occasions but never fully breaking into full-blown tears, Ivan Rodriguez announced his official retirement as a player Monday, but said he plans to stay around the game. Its likely the Rangers will give him the chance.
(Dallas Morning News (blog))
• ARLINGTON, Texas, April 23 (UPI) -- Fourteen-time all-star catcher Ivan Pudge Rodriguez Monday announced his retirement from baseball after 21 seasons and 2,427 games.
(United Press International)
• Pudge is back in Texas. Longtime Texas Rangers catcher and likely future Hall of Famer Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, 40, will announce his retirement at a 3 p.m. ET news conference in Arlington, Texas.
(Sporting News)
• Jim Sundberg's last season of Major League Baseball overlapped with the first season of pro ball for Ivan Rodriguez. Sundberg turned 38 years old during that season, the 16th season for the Rangers Hall of Fame catcher.
(ESPN)
• Arlington, TX – Pausing to wipe tears away from his eyes one of baseball's premier catchers, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez officially retired today.
(The Inquisitr)
• The MLB Network covered the Ivan Rodriguez press conference Monday and then got some insight from its studio analysts on the future Hall of Fame catcher. This led to a slightly awkward moment.
(Dallas Morning News (blog))
• Ivan Rodriguez officially put a bow on his 21-year major league career this evening at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
(NBC Sports)
• Baseball's hottest team drew a crowd of 48,423 to celebrate the career of Ivan Rodriguez, adding another memorable moment for a franchise that is coming off of a pair of American League pennants.
(NJ.com)
• FAREWELL TO PUDGE The Yankees watched from the dugout as the Rangers held a pregame ceremony to honor Ivan Rodriguez, the former Rangers catcher known as Pudge who announced his retirement in a tearful news conference earlier in the day.
(New York Times Blogs)
• He played more games behind the plate than anybody in baseball history and clearly has the credentials for a plaque in Cooperstown.
(USA Today)