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Mariners send Griffey to Japan as baseball ambassador

Found January 16, 2012 on Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
PLAYERS: Ken Griffey,  The 123 Kid
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners

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Ken Griffey Jr.’s position as a “special consultant” to the Mariners is underway, with The Kid traveling to Japan this weekend as a sort of baseball ambassador. Griffey helped out at a baseball clinic for Japanese youngsters Sunday near Tokyo. (See photo gallery below.) The Mariners are drumming up publicity for their two-game, season-opening series [...]
Original Story: http://blog.seattlepi.com/baseball/20...
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