Helling calls it quits

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Rick Helling says he is retiring from Major League Baseball after 12 years, to spend more time with his family. He says the decision was an easy one.

"I've said all along that I would retire if I couldn't do it anymore or if I couldn't be away from my family anymore," Helling said Monday. "I couldn't handle being away from my family."

Known as a workhorse throughout his career, Helling battled injuries the last several years. He spent part of last year on the disabled list with a sprained right elbow, then saw his season wit the Milwaukee Brewers end with torn cartilage in his left knee.


SI (AP) (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/02/05/bc.bbn.helling.ap/index.html)

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"It's been long enough," Helling told The Forum newspaper on
Monday. "It's time to be a dad." Helling, 36, had a 93-81 record for five teams. His best season was 1998, when he went 20-7 for the Texas Rangers.


CBS 58 (http://www.cbs58.com/cbsdata.cgi?_dhweb=form&_lt23r=sports_main&kv=local_sports_news.local_sports_new_id=5407)

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After spending the last two years pitching for the Crew Rick Helling figures his career is complete and he can retire and go spend time with his family ;)


Blog: The Wisconsin Sports Bar (http://thewisconsinsportsbar.blogspot.com/2007/02/former-brewer-rick-helling-retires.html)

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Rick Helling is retiring from baseball after pitching in the major leagues for 12 years, highlighted by a 20-win season.

'I've said all along that I would retire if I couldn't do it anymore or if I couldn't be away from my family anymore,' Helling said Monday. 'I couldn't handle being away from my family.'

Helling, a 36-year-old right-hander, was 93-81 with a 4.68 ERA for Milwaukee, Florida, Texas, Arizona and Baltimore. His best season was 1998, when he went 20-7 for the Rangers.

He spent his final two seasons as a reliever with the Brewers, going 0-2 with a 4.11 ERA in 35 innings last year. He was on the disabled list from April 16 to June 20 with a sprained right elbow, then didn't pitch after Sept. 9 because of torn cartilage in his left knee.


Link (http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2224324305079076320216683055353041737462)

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FARGO, N.D., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Rick Helling, who was 0-2 in 20 games with the Brewers in 2006, is retiring after 12 years in the majors.

Helling, a right-hander with a career 93-81 record, missed most of the last three months of the season with an elbow injury and underwent knee surgery in September.

His best season was with the Texas Rangers in 1998, when he went 20-17 with a 4.41 earned run average in 33 starts. He threw two shutouts.

Helling missed all of the 2004 season with a broken leg.


Washington Times (http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20070206-051230-5780r.htm)

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FARGO, N.D. -- Rick Helling is retiring from baseball after a 12-year Major League career that was highlighted by a 20-win season.

"I've said all along that I would retire if I couldn't do it anymore or if I couldn't be away from my family anymore," Helling said Monday. "I couldn't handle being away from my family."

Helling, a 36-year-old right-hander, was 93-81 with a 4.68 ERA for Milwaukee, Florida, Texas, Arizona and Baltimore. His best season was 1998, when he went 20-7 for the Rangers.


Sounds (http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=2196)