It was somewhat expected but the Kansas City Royals and Alex Gordon announced that Gordon would be retiring from baseball at the end of this season.
Congrats on Alex Gordon on a great major league baseball career. As you can tell by the tweets below he definitely represented well for himself, his family, the city of Lincoln and the state of Nebraska.
Alex Gordon: "When I started playing, I just wanted everyone to see me as a hard worker, someone that played the game the right way and somebody that was a good teammate.