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Max Muncy Almost Retired Before Joining Dodgers, Putting Together All-Star Career

Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star third baseman Max Muncy has come a long way to get to where he is in his baseball life, but the clutch home runs, championships, and memories provided to Dodgers fans almost never happened.

Muncy revealed to Dodgers Nation’s Doug McKain that after his two-year stint with the Oakland Athletics, he almost retired from baseball altogether.

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“Well, after Oakland, I was pretty dead-set on retiring, actually,” Muncy said. “I had an offer to go play in the [Korea Baseball Organization] and I didn’t really want to take it, I was pretty dead-set on retiring.