Agent: Melvin Mora wants to play in 2012 - Yardbarker

Word on the MSN Street is that Melvin Mora actually DIDN'T retire, and totally wants to play in 2012.

Does this change anything for the Rockies?

Probably not, though Mora did like his time in Colorado and will probably give the Rockies a call.

EDIT

Ok, after talking to Rafael Rojas Cremonesi of Viva Colorado, it sounds like Mora might just be retiring from VENEZUELAN baseball. There was apparently a big presser and everything and he had the emotional tears in his eyes and such.

As a baseball fan AND a hockey fan, we hear about players going back to their home country to finish their careers, much akin to Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund going back to Sweden. Maybe Mora just really really likes it here.

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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2012 5:32 PM MST reply actions

Would love to see Mora back with the Rockies in some capacity

Just not as a player. We’re kinda full in terms of positionless 40-somethings.

by Northsider1964 on Jan 11, 2012 5:37 PM MST reply actions

Yeah, after his season in AZ, I'm kind of torn

I still think he’d be a good influence on the kids, but so will Hernandez (I think) and Blake and Cuddyer and and and and

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by Andrew Martin on Jan 11, 2012 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

Our mentors have mentors

and we are maxed out on clubhousiness.

by Northsider1964 on Jan 11, 2012 6:10 PM MST up reply actions

VETERANISSITUDE

Or something…yeah, thanks but no thanks.

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by Paleface Destro on Jan 11, 2012 9:45 PM MST up reply actions

It will be a

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by Thnikkaman on Jan 12, 2012 8:17 AM MST up reply actions

He did hit that one freak Grand Slam.

For that alone he will always have a soft spot in my heart.

The off-season sucks.
That is all.

by DAWNMARIE01 on Jan 12, 2012 8:52 AM MST up reply actions

Mora was pretty solid at the plate in 2010

Just didn’t have enough life left in his legs to play anywhere but 3B, and wasn’t exactly Brooks Robinson when he played there. I have always really liked Mora, but his playing days are over.

by Northsider1964 on Jan 12, 2012 9:28 AM MST up reply actions