MELVIN MORA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Melvin Mora career highlights
As 2011 came to a close, former Baltimore Oriole Melvin Mora announced his retirement. This isn’t too surprising since Arizona (his last team) cut him midseason and no one picked him up. Still, Mora’s recent decision to out-and-out retire makes it official.
Mora had an impressive career for someone who was such a late bloomer. Only seven men who debuted in their age-27 season...
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January 04, 2012
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2-time All-Star Melvin Mora retires, was nearly 40
Two-time All-Star Melvin Mora is retiring from baseball, five weeks shy of his 40th birthday.
Mora played 13 seasons in the big leagues, 10 of them with the Baltimore Orioles. He began last year with the Arizona Diamondbacks, was released on July 1 while hitting .228 with no home runs and did not play again in the majors.
''It's a very difficult decision because this...
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December 30, 2011
Memories of Melvin Mora
Melvin Mora has reportedly announced his retirement. I will admit that I was a big surprised to find out that Mora is going to turn 40 in February. I knew he was a “late bloomer,” but I not processed how late. Upon his retirement, it is worth reflecting Mora’s curious development as well as taking a look at one of his most exciting in-game moments.
Mora actually...
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December 30, 2011
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December 30, 2011
Report: Veteran 3B Mora announces retirement
Veteran third baseman Melvin Mora announced his retirement from Major League Baseball while in his native Venezuela, the Baltimore Sun reported on Friday.
Mora, who played 9 1/2 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, was given his unconditional release in June from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The 39-year-old Mora was hitting .228 with 16 RBIs in his first season with Arizona.
Mora...
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December 30, 2011
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December 30, 2011
Melvin Mora retires after 13 MLB seasons
Longtime Baltimore Oriole Melvin Mora has decided to retire after 13 seasons in the major leagues, Venezuelan newspaper Meridiano Deportes reported Thursday.
Mora, 39, played in 42 games for the Diamondbacks last season, hitting .228 with 16 RBIs before being released in June.
A utility man, Mora also spent time with the Mets and Rockies, but it was with the Orioles that he enjoyed...
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December 30, 2011
Former Oriole Melvin Mora retires
According to several Internet reports former Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora has officially retired from baseball. Mora left the Orioles after the 2009 season following 10 years of distinguished service in Baltimore. Mora played for Colorado in 2010 and began 2011 in Arizona but was released by the Diamondbacks during the season after hitting just .228 in 42 games.
Mora was a...
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December 30, 2011
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December 30, 2011
Melvin Mora announces retirement, leaves many memories for O’s and fans
It had been two full seasons since he put on an Orioles uniform, two different “new” teams, but Melvin Mora was still an Oriole.
He was the scrawny, 28-year old Met struggling to hit for a decent average, for power, or get on base who was a part of a deal that sent Oriole shortstop Mike Bordick to New York to aid their push for first in the NL East after Rey Ordonez went...
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December 29, 2011
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December 29, 2011
Arizona Diamondbacks Cut Melvin Mora
Veteran third baseman Melvin Mora was given his unconditional release, Kirk Gibson announced after Wednesday’s 6-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians. The 39-year-old was signed by Kevin T0wers during the offseason to a one-year, $2.35 million deal to help replace some of the production lost from the Mark Reynolds trade to Baltimore, but Mora failed [...]
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June 30, 2011
Melvin Mora’s Injury Opens up Opportunity for Others
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Jonny Gomes (L) gets back to third base safely before the tag by Colorado Rockies third baseman Melvin Mora on a pick off attempt during the third inning at Coors Field on September 2, 2010 in Denver. The Reds lead the NL Central division. UPI/Gary C. Caskey
The injury to Melvin Mora appears to be more serious than first thought.
Mora suffered the...
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March 09, 2011
Rockies Win Behind Mora Slam
Melvin Mora, with one swing of the bat, showed what he thought of the Rockies inability to score runs on the road. He lined a 2-2 pitch with two outs deep to left field that had just enough distance to get over the high wall of Citi Field for a grand slam. The blast propelled the Rockies to a 6-2 victory over the Mets and a chance to go home with the first winning road trip of the...
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August 12, 2010
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August 12, 2010
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