If this was the end, what an end it was. Two eras could end in Seattle very soon as both Felix Hernandez and Ken Griffey Jr. may have set foot on the grass at Safeco Field for the last time.
The two players are on very opposite ends of the proverbial candle that represents their respective careers. Hernandez is 23 years old and figures to have another decade-and-a-half of baseball left, while Griffey has just finished his 21st season, and will turn 40 years old in the middle of November.
While Felix Hernandez is the face of the team, Griffey is the face of the franchise. So when it was Griffey and Ichiro carried off the field on the shoulders of their teammates in the season finale, it was fitting, as King Felix was forced to surrender his throne.
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Griffey was instrumental in putting the formerly-unknown team on the map. He was the best player in baseball for quite a while, and the first true star the Mariners had,...
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