Baseball: Right-hander Hasegawa retires
January 23, 2006Right-hander Shigetoshi Hasegawa has ended his 15-year playing career split between both sides of the Pacific Ocean, his management office, Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., announced Monday. Hasegawa, 37, decided to retire after the Seattle Mariners declined a club option on his contract in November after the reliever went 1-3 with a 4.19 earned run average in 46 games last season.