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Where will Ken Griffey Jr. be next season?
Will he be playing for the Mariners, as a part-time Designated Hitter?
Will he be playing for another American League team as a DH?
or*
Will he be retired, spending time with his family?
Vote in the poll after the jump.
What will Ken Griffey Jr. be Doing Come Next April?(online surveys)
*I just do not want this to turn into a Favre-esque type of situation.
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October 05, 2009
Ken Griffey Jr. will collect $3.15 million of a potential $5 million for returning to the Seattle Mariners.
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October 05, 2009
Ken Griffey Jr. will collect $3.15 million of a potential $5 million for returning to the Mariners.
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October 04, 2009
Felix Hernandez finished tied for the major league lead with 19 wins and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 Sunday in a season finale that doubled as a daylong tribute to Ken Griffey Jr.
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October 04, 2009
Felix Hernandez finished tied for the major league lead with 19 wins and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 Sunday in a season finale that doubled as a daylong tribute to Ken Griffey Jr.
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October 05, 2009
The AP has a few notes on free agent DH Ken Griffey Jr. The report says Junior earned $3.15MM in total this year - a $2MM base plus $1.15MM in incentives for playing time and team attendance. The Mariners kindly played Griffey often in the season's final week, causing him to earn an additional $250K. As for 2010, Griffey will talk to his family and decide within a few weeks...
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October 05, 2009
At SSI, we note that Billy Martin used to win +20 extra games in his first season with a team. Wok just ran a +25 plus-minus. Yowch.
Geoff Baker clues us in on how the sportswriting crew helped Sweeney get the pie of the year.
Jason at Prospect Insider with a good read on Ken Griffey [...]
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October 04, 2009
Lots of goodbyes going on here today, one of which came from Ken Griffey Jr. after being lifted for a pinch-runner following his eighth-inning single. Turns out, that post-game "victory lap'' taken by the Mariners, when they saluted the fans, shook their hands and even hugged some of them, was all a spontaneous gesture thought up by Mike Sweeney down on the field.
Felix Hernandez...
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October 04, 2009
When I wrote about giving Ken Griffey the sendoff he deserved, Sunday's scene at Safeco Field was exactly what I imagined. Junior received a standing ovation before every at-bat, applause when he was pulled from the game after a single in the eighth and off-the-field transport from his teammates once the Mariners sealed a 4-3 win over Texas. Griffey responded with a few tips of the...
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October 04, 2009
Hard to believe the end of the season is already here. Seems like yesterday we all gathered down in Peoria, AZ for the start of spring training. Lots of surprises since, including the M's trying to notch their 85th win of the season today.
For me, the highlight of the season would have to be a pair of walkoff hits, one a single by Ken Griffey Jr. against the White Sox in that 14...
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October 04, 2009
Chants of "One more year!" fill the stands in what could be the final game Ken Griffey Jr. plays
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October 06, 2009
We've moved this week's Talkin' Baseball segment on KJR AM 950's Mitch in the Morning show up one day to this morning, at about 8:30 a.m. Come hear Mitch Levy and I wrap up the 2009 season for the Mariners. Lots to talk about. Felix Hernandez, Ken Griffey Jr. Carlos Silva carrying Ichiro on his shoulders. You name it.
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