MLB legend Brandon Crawford announces retirement at 37 in emotional statement

San Francisco Giants large Brandon Crawford has announced his status from shot astatine the property of 37.

Crawford, who became a two-time World Series champion successful his iconic 13-year stint with San Francisco, revealed it is 'time for the adjacent chapter' aft spending a play with the St. Louis Cardinals successful an affectional station connected Instagram.

The shortstop besides thanked the Giants for 'allowing maine to unrecorded retired my imagination and beryllium a portion of truthful overmuch passim my vocation successful San Francisco'. 

'During this clip of the year, I americium perpetually being reminded of the things successful my beingness that I americium astir thankful for. Baseball is 1 of them,' Crawford said. 'Baseball has been a portion of my beingness for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin remember, and for the remainder of my beingness I volition beryllium thankful for the opportunities and experiences it has fixed me. 

'Time is precious. I'm incredibly grateful for each the years I spent playing the crippled I love, but present it is clip for maine to walk it with the radical who I'm astir thankful for. Thank you to each of you who person determination for maine passim the years. It's been an unbelievable ride...'

As good arsenic paying tribute to the Giants, Crawford besides gave a outcry retired to the Cardinals - wherever helium spent what turned retired to beryllium the last twelvemonth of his shot career.

More to follow.