After 12 seasons with five teams, Sean Casey is retiring from baseball. This blog is primarily about college baseball, but I thought Casey's retirement was worth mentioning. Casey got his nickname "The Mayor" because he was know as one of the most friendly players in the game. In fact, his MLB peers voted him "the friendliest player in baseball" in a 2007 Sports Illustrated poll. The Red Sox signed him last year as much for his left-handed bat off the bench as for his clubhouse presence. (Too bad it didn't rub-off on Manny). Casey didn't have a Hall of Fame career, but he's the kind of guy the game will miss. Baseball fans won't be without him long though. Casey is going directly from the clubhouse to MLB Network.
OK, now to tie this in with the college game: Casey led the nation with his .461 batting average in 1995 with the Richmond Spiders.
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