Alex Cintron retires from baseball

May 24, 2011 will go down as a sad day in Washington Nationals history as former infielder Alex Cintrón has decided to hang up his cleats.  San Diego Padres Triple-A broadcaster Tim Hagerty (Tucson Sidewinders) reported the news via his Twitter account. The 32-year old utility infielder was signed twice by the Nats and twice released within six months of putting the pen to paper. He struck a minor-league deal with Washington in early February of this year and was released a day before the regular season started after not making the big league roster. Cintrón played 21 games with the Nationals during the 2009 campaign and will go down as one of the worst statistical players to ever wear the uniform. In 26 at-bats, he only mustered two hits (both singles) and struck out seven times. He was mainly used as a pinch-hitter, only starting two games, both at shortstop. To his credit, his horrible season certainly helped the organization’s effort to earn the league’s worst record...