Sean Casey #22 of the Boston Red Sox attends batting practice before his team takes on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in game one of the American League Championship Series during the 2008 MLB playoffs at Tropicana Field on October 10, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Rob Bradford of WEEI.com is reporting that former Boston Red Sox first baseman Sean “The Mayor” Casey is retiring from the game of baseball and will be taking a job with the MLB Network.

Casey signed with the Red Sox last year to backup Kevin Youkilis at first base and hit .322 with 17 RBIs in 69 games for the Red Sox.

He spent 12 seasons in the big leagues with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers and the Red Sox. In his career, he hit .302 with 130 home runs and 735 RBIs. He had a career OBP of .367 and was a 3-time All-Star (1999, 2001 and 2004), all with the Reds.

While Casey gave us some of his funnier moments last  season with his blog over at WEEI.com, nothing will beat the Sean Casey Crawl back to second base against the Yankees last season.

Hat Tip to Texy at Center Field for the video