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Nomar Garciaparra, whose career tailed off because of injuries after leaving the Boston Red Sox, retired after 14 seasons in Major League Baseball on Wednesday.

He signed a one-day contract with the Red Sox before heading for the TV studio."My tank's empty," Garciaparra said at a news conference in Fort Myers, FL, shown on MLB.com "It wouldn't have felt like a retirement if I couldn't have put this uniform on one more time."

The New York Mets are going to attempt to recover from an abysmal fourth place 2009 campaign in the NL East of which was filled with injuries to key position players. The Mets’ 2010 Spring training is going to be focusing on staying healthy as well as keeping consistent throughout the season.

The main athlete on the injury watch is SS Jose Reyes. Although he played well in 2008 with a .297 average and 57 stolen bases, he only played 36 games during the 2009 season due to an injury.

The New York Yankees have made a lot of noise this year during the offseason with their moves readjusting the outfield with OF Curtis Granderson and OF Randy Winn.

The real "throwdown" will happen at Legends Field in Tampa, Florida.

Nolan Ryan would probably be a good MMA fighter at his current age. As Matt Mitrione points out he kicked Robin Ventura’s ass when he was playing for the Rangers in his mid-40’s. Big Tex would take a couple of Advil, step in the cage and be good to go.