[Hoornstra] Longtime Dodgers, Red Sox Veteran Rich Hill Reveals ‘Retirement’ Decision
For now until he gets bored in the summer and wants one more start. He had an awesome career.
Hasn’t that kind of thing happened to other players? I think Andy Pettitte came back in 2012 because he threw batting practice at Yankees spring training or something and was like “oh maybe I should do this again.”
“Hey im gonna come out of retirement after 2 years at age 40 and put up a 149 ERA+.”
Fucking grow up Andy, honestly
He was out of his mind to think he could do that. Only put up a 148 ERA+ smh
Dave Steib did something similar for the Jays back in the 90s. He went down to spring training to help out, realized he could pitch, and they signed him to a deal.
Dave was a true goat
He’ll pull a Phillip Rivers in a few years for some team.
the crazy thing is that he’s ALREADY as old as Phillip Rivers lmao
even crazier is that he’s ALWAYS been ALREADY older than Philip Rivers for his entire career.
😒😒😒
Rivers will do it again in five years and not make the hall until 2036
One more start for another team.
IT’S RICH HILL HE’S IN GEORGE STEINBRENNER’S BOX
Would be fun if he came to Hawaii to help coach the rainbow Warriors.
Cowards wouldn’t list all the teams in the header
Longtime Dodgers, Red Sox (Pawtucket/Salem/Wooster/Boston), Cubs (Daytona, Iowa, Chicago), Orioles, Guardians, Angels, Yankees, Athletics, Twins, Rays, Mets, Pirates, Padres, Royals, Quakes, Storm Chasers, Sea Dogs, and Tigres Veteran Dick Mountain Reveals “He’s Not Fucking Leaving”
Good to see there are still people willing to speak the truth, even when it’s inconvenient. 👏
Wooster lol
Aka Worcestershire
Can’t forget the Ducks!
https://liducks.com/red-sox-call-up-rich-hill/
So it’s like Jim Kaat, I got his baseball card as a kid and they had to use a two-point font to fit a twenty-four year (majors) pitching career on there
I am now older than any Major League Baseball player. Sob.
Yeah he was the last one for me too. Maybe us middle aged folks can pool some money to sponsor him for an inning of work each season.
I had an earlier version of this crisis when Rafael Furcal broke out for the Braves back in the day – he was the first MLB star I was aware of who was younger than me, and that weirded me out. Of course eventually it turned out he was like 2 1⁄2 years older than me instead of half a year younger.
I still got Justin Verlander to give me hope.
Same :/
I still have Verlander, but that’s it for me.
I need a list of the 38+ yr olds (I am older than that but dont like to reveal that online)
I mean don’t many of us need Verlander ands Scherzer?
You know it was weird that the “kid” was now my age. And I’m older than the majority of players. I never thought oh.. I’m older than everyone.
Same. Sigh.
Dick Mounatin
Rich Hill is where the preppy kids grew up in my hometown.
My Immaculate Grid cheat code
Gone too soon. Jamie Moyer threw 327 innings after turning 46.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Career earnings: \(80M Career earnings after turning 35: \)75M
TBH, for late bloomers that is kind fo always the case….not THAT extreme but yeah
One of the best baseball stories of my lifetime.
He was the 1B after Kershaw between Grienke and Buehler. Thank you, Dick Mountain. 🥺
Thank you based rakeman
Hell yeah, Dick Mountain. He grew up in Massachusetts, I’ve bartended for a bunch of people that played high school ball with him. I’ve only ever heard great things.
Love this man. Dick Mountain was also just spitting truth about the “Dodgers ruining baseball” narrative a few days ago: https://youtube.com/shorts/9fisRNyNq0E
Dick Mountain put in a solid 50 years on the mound. Props to him.
One of my all time favorite Dodgers. Such an inspiring story.
The Man who Went Down a Ravine and Came Back a Mountain.
Damn bro that’s really good.
Out of all the IP autographs I’ve gotten after a minor league game.
Maybe not anywhere near my most valuable, but my Rich Hill autograph is one of my favorites.
Now..this..is the worst news of the off-season.
Best of luck in the future, Dick Mountain.
Loved his curveball in Oakland
Loved that pitch in World Series Baseball.
Seeing him pitch for the Royals this past season was surreal. I remember him making starts back in 2006-07 with the Cubs and that time period feels like a LIFETIME ago now.
He was on the same pitching staff as Maddux, Wood, Zambrano and Prior.
I remember watching his debut game.
He was a great pitcher, here’s hoping he finds a fulfilling retirement.
My dad got us Cubs tickets right behind home plate in 06 and he was the starter. His curveball made me realize at a very early age that I would never make it to the MLB.
21 seasons, 85-73 with a 3.99 ERA in 250 starts. $80M + in career earnings.
Teach your kids to throw left-handed…
Damn, only a handful of players left from pre-2010.
Off the top of my head - JV, Scherzer, Andrew McCutchen, Justin Turner, Ottavino, David Robertson. Feel free to add any that I left off.
God damn Im getting old.
Its wild that you could boot up MVP 2005 and use Rich Hill
My dad took me to a cubs game at Wrigley in 2007 that Rich Hill started for the cubs. He gave up 5 runs in the first inning to the brewers, and Aramis Ramirez hit a walk off home run. That was the last game at Wrigley I saw for 18 years. I told my dad during the summer that the starting pitcher for the Royals against the cubs this past summer was the same starter we saw pitch for the cubs at our last game. He was gobsmacked
It’s “Mets legend Rich Hill” for you
Aww, fuck. I wish he could’ve broken the record. Still, he had an excellent career, and he’s the GOAT of Immaculate Grid.
That ‘retirement’ in the headline is doing sinister work. Agent 47 telling Rich it’s time to hang it up.
MVP Baseball 2005 legend, Rich Hill
Come on man, go for #15. Increase your status as an Immaculate Grid legend!
Gone too soon 🥀
That man is owed a ring.
THANK BASED RAKE MAN
Baseball should retire his number league-wide.
RIP Big Dick
Forever Royal
I know it’s not IMPORTANT, but I wish he’d broken the record for most MLB teams. Looking it over, I don’t think anyone else is gonna get to 15 any time soon. Jose Urena and Shelby Miller are at 11 at the ages of 34 and 35, but Urena has signed with a Japanese team for 2026 and Miller is going to miss the whole upcoming season with an injury.
Best curveball in history. Yes, other pitchers like Kershaw have incredible curveballs but the reason why theirs were more successful was the other pitches that set them up. Rich’s curveball is just the best though, other pitches not so much lol
Did he get any share of the two consecutive Dodgers WS chips?
No but he should have gotten a ring in 2017, once again fuck the Astros
It is known
I always loved a teammate who could step in on little or no notice and give it 100%. I’m a Rich Hill fan.
Rich Hill is easily my favorite player (I’ve actually been alive to see play) and now I’m incredibly very sad
Rich Hill has been my favorite ball player for a long, long time. Gonna miss you, buddy. Enjoy retirement.
So long, Dick Mountain.
He retired way too young
o7
Somebody check on Ben Lindbergh
Really does seem like a shame. He was pretty decent last year, stuck around with a team that didn’t call him up for a while, then cut him really quickly after they did.
Farewell Dick Mountain o7
In 6 years?
Saw that stat yesterday that Rich Hill has less IP in his whole 20+ year career than Wilbur Wood has in his peak three seasons
What is this, F1 journalism? He’s “revealing” his decision and not just saying something?
We love you, Dick Mountain
I thought players were giving 7-year notice. Unacceptable Rich Hill.
Retirement reason: Old As Shit
Dick mountain
Happy it’s his Dodgers photo, honestly we’d take him back for a few starts and have him be an unofficial coach, or an official one, he’s an awesome presence in the locker room
RIP. I loved seeing a player from my childhood cubs teams still pitching.
Time for Dick Mountain to come home.
“Rich Hill to retire at the end of the 2032 season.”
Dud will be 59 and still mulling retirement.