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OF Jim Edmonds announces his retirement at 40

Jim Edmonds drove a pitch over the right-field wall late last season and began home run trot No. 393.Somewhere between second and third base at Miller Park on Sept. 21, he took a few awkward steps."Something popped," he said then.Turns out that was the end of a 17-year major league career.Two weeks after he agreed to a minor league contract that returned him to the St. Louis Cardinals, Edmonds retired Friday at age 40 because of his injured right Achilles' tendon."Although I feel that I can still play and contribute, the risk of permanent injury is too much for me to chance," Edmonds said in a statement released by the club. "As much as I regret this announcement, I feel it is for the best."Edmonds started last year with Milwaukee and finished with Cincinnati, but was injured and missed the NL playoffs. The eight-time Gold Glove winner came back to the Cardinals on Feb. 4, rejoining the team he played for from 2000-07.St. Louis team doctors told Edmonds the injury was so severe he woul...

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