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Scott Eyre decides to retire
by Scott Butler 1/7/10
After 13 season in major league baseball and two with the Phillies, Scott Eyre decided to call it quits. The 37-year-old Eyre finished his career with a 28-30 record and a 4.23 ERA in 617 appearances with the Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Phillies. He also played a pretty important role in the Phillies 2008 championship.
He said after the World Series that he would either return to the Phillies in 2010 or hang it up. He was true to his word. Eyre wanted a $2 million contract like he had last season, but Ruben Amaro only offered him a minor league deal and even mentioned he did not expect Eyre to pitch for the Phils. But Scott said the offer probably did not matter. "I had most of this retirement thing planned out," Eyre said. "I think even if he would have offered me a better contract I still don't think I would have taken it."
Not that it was an easy decision. "I'm going to miss going to the clubhouse. Being with the Phillies, I'm going to miss seeing Chad Durbin sitting at his locker doing the crossword puzzle. I'm going to miss watching Brad [Lidge] read his biblical books in his locker after batting practice, eating the biggest sandwich I've ever seen anybody eat. I've talked to guys about it. I talked to [Jon] Lieber about it. Basically, you miss the camaraderie with the guys. And the Phillies' clubhouse is great. That's one of the reasons why Cliff [Lee] didn't want to leave. It's one of the best clubhouses you could be in. I don't care what anybody says about theirs. I've been in a few of them. This is one of the best. I never once said, 'I don't want to go to the field today."
Those are pretty revealing comments, really. Let's hope the clubhouse will be just as good next year.
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