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Thank You, Kansas City

I’m proud to look back on my time there and know that because of the work my teammates and I put in together, the franchise is in a better place than when I arr

Thank You, Oklahoma

It doesn’t feel right to call this a goodbye because I was a Sooner long before I enrolled at OU, and I’ll be a Sooner long after my playing days are over.

Thank You, New York

Trades are part of the business. Change is part of life. I’m definitely a little bit sad and a little bit excited to be heading to Tampa.

Thank You, Georgia

Georgia is all about good people supporting one another and having each other’s backs. It really is the people that make UGA such a special place.

Thank You, Alabama

I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity to be a small part of something so big and great.

To Buffalo

I want to start with an apology. To the city of Buffalo. We got off on the wrong foot, didn’t we?

Goodbye, Barcelona

On January 26, 2018, after 7½ seasons in Barcelona, Javier Mascherano bid farewell to la Blaugrana. Just before his move to China to play for Hebei China Fortun

Thank You, Pittsburgh

13 years with an organization — that’s a heck of a run.

A Badger for Life

It’s the type of thing that doesn’t just happen at any old place. Wisconsin is special.

Thank You, Kansas City

When you’re released in this league, it doesn’t happen gradually. Most of the time, you just go from being on the team to being nobody.

Merci, Montréal

When I started my career, the thought of sampling that same World Cup atmosphere in Montreal was but a dream. But you, the fans of the Impact, made it a reality

Memphis

“Grit and Grind,” it wasn’t some catchphrase. That’s who we were. It was like this movement. Like a state of mind.

Forever a Giant

I think I’ve realized that what I gave you guys is 15 years of baseball. And that what you gave me back is an entire life.

Thank You, Melo

I’m not thanking you because you need it, and certainly not because you asked for it. I’m thanking you because I feel like I need to. I need to as a Brooklyn ki

Thank You, New York

I have been extremely fortunate to play baseball in New York for the past eight years. It has been my honor, and a privilege, to go out on the field every day a

Thank You, Utah

Before I had a chance to sit down and write this, and before I even had a chance to talk about it with the people I love — I was already reading reports about w

Thank You, Pittsburgh

It seems like just yesterday that I was getting drafted by the Penguins. And now here I am. I have a wife, two kids, and three Cups.

Goodbye, Chicago

I was going to win the Stanley Cup. With the Chicago Blackhawks. I remember thinking, Oh my God. What do I do with my hands?

Goodbye, Kansas

My only goal is to show people that I’m the person I’ve been my whole life. I’m the player I’ve been my whole life, a winner with a pit bull mentality.

Thank You, New York

Everyone comes to this city with dreams of being No. 1. You showed me that being No. 2 was more than enough.

Thank You, Big Blue Nation

Y’all treated me like family. And I’ll consider y’all family for life.

Thank You, Belmont

I don’t know what’s next for me, but I do know one thing: Belmont, you have my heart.

Thank You, Thank You, Merci, Vancouver

I’ve been thinking a lot, in the past two weeks since the trade, about why I’ll miss Vancouver so much.

Thank You, Arizona

I'm never going to forget where I lost my voice. And also found it.

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