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MLB | Bengie Molina will retire

Free-agent C Bengie Molina (Rangers) is expected to make his retirement announcement official soon. Friends, family and former teammates threw him a surprise retirement party in Arizona. "It was a special night," Molina said. "I can't thank enough all the people that came. At some point they touched my life and helped me be who I am right now." Molina will hang up the spikes after batting .274 over parts of 13 major league seasons playing with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers. He and brothers Jose Molina and Yadier Molina are the only trio of brothers to own World Series rings.

2012-02-26 17:31:58 | Source: CSNBayArea.com - Andrew Baggarly

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