Career Over -- Tjakke Cisouw Retires
<Tjakke Cisouw:player#4830> of the <Crawfords:team#23> is hanging it up. The veteran starting pitcher reportedly told team officials yesterday that he would not return for another season.

"The time has come for me to give up a game I love dearly, but the time is right. Baseball has been good for me and I hope I have been good for baseball."

"While we are disappointed Tjakke will not be playing for us next year, I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and the way he went about this decision," said the <Pittsburgh:team#23> general manager.

Over the course of his career, <Cisouw:player#4830> has a won-lost record of 59 wins and 121 losses with 893 strikeouts in 1228 innings pitched with a lifetime 4.32 ERA.