Paul Quantrill to retire after WBC

[Halladay_is_God]

http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=157087&hubname=mlb

was one of my favourite Jays when he was here, if he decides to hang them up it will be a sad day for me.

"It's getting to a point in my career and in my life where I just feel there are some other avenues I want to go down," he said. "I feel I got gas in the tank but I think you should base your decision more on the motivation, do I really want to play and enjoy myself. ...

"I'm going to have fun with this and then go home to my cottage."

Quantrill never made a formal retirement announcement because he wanted to give himself a chance to come back. By December when it wasn't there, he knew it was time to move on.


"I've always been a guy that's said when I stop enjoying it as much as I have (I'll retire)," he said. "I've never played with anyone that had more fun than me, I loved the game, but I never really liked the travel, my kids are getting older and I felt like I want to be a guy that's a joy and it's a joy to go to the park."

anyway the 1st part of the article is about Larry Walker being a coach for Team Canada thy finally get to Quantrill and the last part of the article is funny with Twins' team-mates Jesse Crain and Justin Morneau.

[realmofotalk]

Quantrill was an excellent setup man and Gagne owed a lot of his success to Quantrill. Also, when he signed with the Yankees he was quoted as saying he was glad to get away from Kevin Brown, whom the Dodgers traded to the Yankees later in the same offseason.

[DirtyKash]

Quantrill = our generation's Quisenberry

[Dry1313]

Quantrill was such a good reliever for that one season until he broke down due to his overwork. Sad to see him go...

[SLAM]

Paul Quantrill was also one of my favourites while he played with the Jays.
sad to see him leave.