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Closing out a career: players want to exit on their own terms, but often they encounter grim endings.
FOR A FORTUNATE FEW MAJOR leaguers, the adulation, admiration, and accolades seldom let up, even long after their objects have laid aside bats, gloves and spikes for the last time.
Among those lucky enough to enjoy undiminished esteem have been Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Rod Carew, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Bob Feller and Joe DiMaggio, to name some of the finest players of the last seven decades. Even a rough patch at the end of otherwise great careers failed to lessen their prestige.
None perhaps was more admired for his skill as a hitter after his retirement from the game, ...
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