Radke Retires
December 20, 2006 by Geoff Young
Filed under Personalities
Right-handed pitcher Brad Radke has announced his retirement from baseball. Although he isn’t a legitimate Hall of Fame candidate like the recently retired Jeff Bagwell, Radke was a solid big-league ballplayer for many years, which is more than most of us can say. He also, like Bagwell, spent his entire career with one team — in Radke’s case it was the Minnesota Twins.
For some reason I’ve always had a soft spot for guys who stay in one place. This is becoming even more true as I get older. Says more about me than it does about Radke, I realize, but there you go.
