Charlie Blackmon, MLB star from Gwinnett County, retiring after 14 seasons
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DENVER, Colo. — A MLB star from Gwinnett County and Georgia Tech is calling it a career after 14 seasons. Charlie Blackmon, who spent his entire career with the Colorado Rockies, announced his retirement on Monday. “As a kid, you play the game because you love it, like nothing else matters. I still play the game that way, but I don’t feel like a kid anymore.
My perspective has changed,” Blackmon wrote. “I have been blessed to call the city of Denver and The Colorado Rockies my baseball home for the entirety of my career. I am grateful for the support of this organization, my teammates, and most of all Rockies fans. It is with a thankful heart and a career’s worth of memories that I choose a new path.