Umpire Dale Scott retired siting his concussions:

Rather than risk yet another concussion, Scott has decided to retire at 58.

“I’m done,” he told The Associated Press.

The veteran crew chief missed nearly the entire 2017 season after a foul ball off the bat of Baltimore slugger Mark Trumbo in Toronto on April 14 caught him hard in the mask, causing Scott’s second concussion in nine months and fourth in five years.

I’ve now had two in four years, and they are not fun. Scott was going to hang it up anyway at the end of the season, but for the same reason:

Especially when he asked three doctors about the possible long-term effects if he got jarred again.

“They said, ‘We just don’t know,'” Scott said. “But they told me that the more times you get hit, the more probability that you’ll have issues.”

Here’s wishing him a happy retirement!