The reason why Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. wasn't used to punch hit was because he was supposedly asleep. The Mariners were, at the time, playing the Anaheim Angels on Saturday, and the Mariners ended up losing, 3-4. The report broke Monday, and has been categorically denied by Griffey and Mariners’ manager Don Wakamatsu. Hopefully the source of that details didn't get a cheap payday loans for the erroneous information.
Ken Griffey Jr. maybe asleep at game
On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners were playing the second of a three-game series against the Anaheim Angels, and supposedly Ken Griffey Jr. went to the locker room around the fifth inning An anonymous source says he was found two innings later within the clubhouse, asleep. The story was originally run Monday in the Tacoma Tribune and was written by Larry LaRue, quoting two anonymous Mariners players as his sources. It is denied by Wakamatsu, the mariners, and Ken Griffey Jr..
Other individuals slept watching the game
Wakamatsu vehemently denied that it happened, and he has told the press the reason Griffey did not pinch hit was because he did not pick him to pinch hit, according to MLB.com. It appears to have made little difference; the Mariners lost that game anyway. They also lost the game before it against the Angels. The game in question, on Saturday, May 8, was the closest loss of the 3 game series, 3-4. The game before was an 0-8 shutout, but the Mariners managed to really fight back on Sunday, May 9, in Anaheim, winning 8-1. The Mariners are now at 13-19 for the season which could possibly be better but also might be worse.
Calls for retirement
Ken Griffey Jr. isn't young. He’s 40 years old, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s done for, or that he can’t contribute. (Look to 40 year old Brett Favre that came within one game of the super bowl last year.) Last year, he had an average of .214 with 44 home runs and 57 RBIs. This year, his average is .200 with 5 runs and 5 RBIs so far. That isn’t too bad, so maybe the calls for Griffey to turn in his spikes are a bit premature.
Resources
MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100511&content_id=9965914&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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