After 13 seasons and a nasty concussion, Giants catcher and old friend Mike Matheny is retiring:
(Matheny) didn’t play again for the San Francisco Giants after May 31 following a series of foul tips he took in the mask — and doctors warned him that he was more susceptible to even further damage if he received another blow.
“This is not a shoulder, a knee or an elbow. We’re talking about the brain. … I didn’t expect this. I don’t think anybody did.”
Giants teammate and old friend Matt Morris says he’ll miss Matheny:
“As my catcher and as a person he just meant so much to me. On the field he taught me how to be a professional. Off the field he taught me to be a man and a respectful person. He’s going to be sorely missed by everybody.”
My friend Julie is going to take this especially hard. She is the self-proclaimed World’s Biggest Mike Matheny Fan, bordering on pathological. She even had a Matheny 22 jersey.
Mike Matheny (Baseball Reference)
