Quittin' Time: Kooijman Retires
<Colorado Bears:team#2> officials flanked <Diederick Kooijman:player#5266> as he announced his retirement from pro baseball today. Rumors have had him on the verge of retirement since late last week but were not confirmed until today.

"I want to leave the game the way I came into it," said Kooijman. "I don't want to become an embarrassment to myself and the team."

<Kooijman:player#5266> has a career .263 average with 2142 hits, including 305 doubles, 22 triples and 504 homers, collected 1528 RBIs, scored 1233 runs and compiled a .362 OBP.