Rob Woodfork has worked as a reporter at WTOP in Washington, D.C., since 2011. In addition to producing and delivering on-air traffic and sports reports, Rob Woodfork writes weekly opinion pieces on sports teams such as the Washington Football Team (NFL) and Washington Nationals (MLB).
Despite expectations from the team’s staff that he would return for another season, Nationals second baseman Howie Kendrick announced his retirement on Instagram on December 21. The 37-year-old spoke about his lifelong pursuit to play in the MLB and thanked the organizations for which he had played, including the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Nationals. He played the last four seasons in Washington and was a key contributor during the team’s 2019 World Series run. Not only was he named National League Championship Series MVP, he also hit the go-ahead home run in Game 7 of the World Series.
Selected by the Angels in the 10th round of the 2002 MLB Amateur Draft, Kendrick played 1,621 regular season games through 15 seasons. He recorded 127 home runs, 724 RBI, 354 doubles, and a .294 batting average in that time. He was an All-Star in 2011.
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