Linkage: The Griffey chronicles
Posted By Ryan Divish on November 12, 2009 at 1:22 pm
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Obviously, the news of yesterday was the Ken Griffey Jr. signing, so here's a few links to the stories in the area.
Larry LaRue talks with several teammates about Junior's return.
Gregg Bell of the AP has the nuts and bolts of the story.
Larry Stone of the Seattle Times broke the story yesterday and also talked to Ichiro's agent about Griffey's return.
Columnist Jerry Brewer offers his thoughts on the signing.
Kirby Arnold of the Everrett Herald talked with several players as well about Griffey.
Art Thiel of the PI offers his thoughts as only he can.
AUDIO -- there was lots of it yesterday.
I was on with Ian Furness and Jason Puckett on KJR yesterday. Larry was on 710 AM's Hot Stove League show, but I'm still trying to locate the audio of that.
Griffey's agent Bryan Goldberg was on with Dave Softy Mahler.
710 ESPN also had plenty of guests.
On the Brock and Salk show, M's first base coach Lee Tinsley was on, along with David Aardsma
The Kevin Calabro Show featured several guests including ESPN analysts Tim Kurkjian and Peter Gammons and former Mariner Jay Buhner
The local blogosphere also had plenty to offer about the Griffey signing.
Here's the post from the USS Mariner, Lookout Landing has this post , and ProballNW has this post.
Funny article by Art Thiel...well-worth the read and I understand completely where he is coming from...a cynic's optimist if ever there was one.
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It makes me sad that this is so celebrated. Lets get something clear the team did not improve with this move. This could be a heartfelt season because of this move but it also has the potential to be incredibly sad. I was content watching Griffey being carried off the field as a beloved player who came back home and put in an honest season for the team he started with. This year could be a much smaller role, with fewer results and team will unlikely have added on a bunch of wins from the previous season. Here is to hoping for the best for the Kid.
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