Guess in Seattle you gotta pay to get a say. Totally for PR purposes and nothing more. Oh what could have been, were it not for the shortened season. Aside from my Braves, the Mariners are probably the team I would most like to see win a World Series.
Portland will never get a team. Vancouver would be interesting, but you would figure Montreal would get the first shot if they were going to have another team in Canada. Did anyone seriously not like Ken Griffey Jr.??? One of the sweetest swings in baseball history. It would have had to be a pretty jaded person to not like The Kid!! Every true baseball fan loved him…he was great for baseball! He loved playing the game, and we loved watching him.
Turn your hat around. Show some respect for the game! He was a fine CF for most of his career, but was given a few too many because he could hit see Jeter. Dear Mr Griffey, please get Jerry to add Seagers to the team this off-season rather than subtract one. So for him to be way way better at hitting homeruns is a testament to his greatness. The best way to measure greatness is to analyze how much better a player was compared to his peers.
Also, as a comparison, Ruth was a better more productive as a power hitter than entire teams. It would be the same as a player in hitting more home runs etc. Babe Ruth also still holds records for Pitching, too.
Ruth had seasons where he hit more home runs by himself, than other Teams hit. Yes things were different. But that is a whole lot of separation from the crowd. Mariano was the best closer but should he of been the first unanimous in the HOF? A closer over one of the best CF of all time? Those are still impressive counting stats…. Through his age 30 season, one of the best and most exciting players of the last half-century.
The Mariners announced Monday that their most famous former player has also become the first one to purchase a stake in the ball club. Griffey was the No. Less than two years later, he made his major league debut and quickly grew into one of the best players of his generation with that familiar "S" on his hat -- whether it was turned forward or backward.
He engineered a trade to Cincinnati following the season but made his way back to Seattle for the conclusion of his career in and part of the season before retiring at age The return to Seattle rekindled his relationship with the franchise. He's become an ambassador for the team in various settings with an official title of special consultant to the franchise. For over a decade, Ken Griffey Jr. Now, the Hall of Famer is looking to help lead the franchise's next chapter from behind the scenes.
The year-old Griffey has joined the Mariners ownership, the team announced Monday via press release. With the move, Griffey becomes the club's first new investing partner in over two decades. I view this as another way to continue to give back to an organization and community that has always supported me, and my family.
Griffey was drafted by Seattle with the first overall pick in , then went on to star for the team for the first 11 seasons of his career. He helped guide the Mariners to two division championships, highlighted by a run to the ALCS in Following his retirement in , Griffey took a role as a special consultant to the franchise in By Dayn Perry.
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