Rondell White States the Obvious, Says Career Is Likely Over

Twins outfielder Rondell White revealed Monday that he's "99 percent" sure he will retire after this season. I'm sure the news confused baseball fans outside of Minnesota, who were convinced White had already retired two years ago:

"I missed four months this year. My body hurts," the 35-year-old White said Monday before facing the Detroit Tigers, one of his former teams. "There's a good chance this is it."
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After going 1-for-4 in Minnesota's 2-0 win at Detroit on Monday night, he is hitting .158 with three homers and 15 RBIs in 101 at-bats over 35 games.

Those numbers are amazingly bad -- talk about misreading when to time your exit. Needless to say, that's not quite what the Twins thought there were going to get when they inked White to a one-year, $2.75 million deal last winter. His wife gave birth to the couple's first child on Friday, so he'll have plenty of incentive to stay at home instead of seeking out work -- especially since he'd probably draw no better than the veteran's minimum.

When asked what his favorite stop was along his big-league career, he was quick to say Montreal. I can understand him being nostalgic about the team he broke into the majors with, but playing seven years on the green concrete that was the Olympic Stadium outfield was probably one of the biggest reason's White has been so injury prone over his career. His knees were shot before he hit 30, and not once after he left the Expos did he ever tally 500 at-bats in a season.