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Furthermore, the team would neither confirm nor deny that tomorrow is Friday.

Yankee64 | 05/08/08, 07:39 AM

im a huge reds fan and i love Griffey to death and i been following him since i can remember and its in his best effort to retire as a mariner even though he been a red for the last few years...

baseball_king_27 | 05/08/08, 08:06 AM

This is a joke right? or omg did we pick this to happen?

Grossedout9 | 05/08/08, 08:09 AM

Junior made mention that he wanted to finish out his career in Seattle, but things remain quiet so far. He has been a great player with no distractions and certainly deserves to be happy in his final years, not to mention his home run numbers and crowd approval...

The Original Tony | 05/08/08, 08:52 AM

It's unfortunate that the Reds didn't build a winning team around Jr., injured or not. That's in the past and the Reds can't afford to have him in the lineup after they profit from number 600. Though nobody seems to care that someone legit is going to reach the feat for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sell Griffey so you can afford Dunn. Jay Bruce will fill the empty void with plenty of dough to spare.

jaredev | 05/08/08, 09:35 AM

Ken Griffey Jr. was "born" a "Mariner"?

The last time I checked, he was born in 1969 in Donora, Pa.

Brad Wesley | 05/08/08, 10:09 AM

Alot if Mariners in Donora Pa. ...

AllStarz | 05/08/08, 10:22 AM

Donora, PA? I spent a month there one night.

THE TRUTH | 05/08/08, 11:19 AM

Brad:

Donora needs a man of vision to come in shake things up. Burn a few parts stores down!!!

THE TRUTH | 05/08/08, 11:38 AM

Hombre goes by Stan Musial is also from Donora. Plus a bunch of out-of-work or retired miners and steelworkers? Not sure that town is big enough for those guys, Stan the Man, Griff Sr., AND Brad Wesley...

Brad Wesley | 05/08/08, 11:50 AM

Say what you want about Junior. As far as anyone knows, he's done it the right way. No juice. No HGH. Just talent and ability. Bonds and Clemens have made a mockery of hallowed baseball records and their egos won't allow them to admit they cheated. I respect Junior and what he has done, Mariner or Red.

kbjazzfan | 05/08/08, 03:15 PM

Anymore I'm afraid of touting someone's accomplishments in baseball because it seems everyone juiced..I really hope Griffey has done it legit.

Biakaba is Lt. Frank Drebin | 05/08/08, 03:23 PM

He was not named in the Mitchell Report and has not been implicated by anyone else in baseball. That's about all we can go by, but it's better than some of those other boneheads have done.

kbjazzfan | 05/08/08, 03:35 PM

Brad:

Why can't you hire some slack-jawed yokels to kick, punch,and run amuk and run off the afore mentioned HOF'ers....then it becomes Brad's town!

THE TRUTH | 05/08/08, 03:37 PM

They don't want to break the bank to bring him back to Seattle.

c note | 05/08/08, 05:36 PM

sounds to me like the Ken Griffey trade rumors are heating up as they do every year. Next Adam Dunn will be on the trade block as well. We have heard these all before.

mlbfan76 | 05/08/08, 06:46 PM

seattle would never spend alot of money. They never did. The only reason why they did on ichiro is because of all the commerical value he has. Why dont you think seattle never really had a winner? Oh they went to the post season, but they didnt have what it took win. The way seattle in a whole handles their sorts teams its nowonder look at their basketball team? the cheap goverment doesnt want to help the team why? Because they have all their money rapped up in the basball team. Sad indeed Its no wonder Griffery wanted out of seattle the first time. I never understood why a state would beg for sports teams and not support them.

Grossedout9 | 05/08/08, 09:02 PM

Grossout9 - You obviously don't know anything about Seattle. First off, Griffey wanted to leave because he always wanted to a Red since he was a little kid and he got death threats from crazy fanatics. We would have paid whatever he wanted and secondly the Mariners over pay, not under pay (Sexson, Beltre). Third we are lossing the Sonics because of the Sonics owner Bennett, who claims he tried to keep the sonics here, but created the most ridiculous and expensive arena plan which would have been built in Renton, which is the slumps of the Greater Seattle area. Also, he knew that the tax payers just spend a lot on the Qwest and Safeco Field, which were not cheap and knew the people in Seattle would not go for it because taxes are so high and Key Arena does not need to be fixed. The fans in Seattle support there teams more than you would ever know, go to a Seahawks game and you'll understand

GriffeyJunior324 | 05/08/08, 10:14 PM

Griffey for Kenji Johjima and a prospect. Reds could use a catcher, Mariners get a big bat for the outfield. Sounds plausible to me.

Tell it like it is | 05/08/08, 10:41 PM

oh really??????/ Then explain why the WA sate goverment is nolonger funding basketball anymore? Everyone knows the Griffey left because of money. But what happened? Ichiro was a cheap import at the time and the trend was to get Japanese players and use them for PR and commerical purposes ( much like today ) But Ichiro as many that seen him play in japan knew he would be a start ( where many had no idea how great he and just talked bad about him) seattle would have buildt a new home for the basketball team because if it wasnt for seattle spending more then they should on the basball team.

Taxes? You mean they are will to spend more money on basebal because its bring in more ad money and out of state and many many japanese traveling to seattle or wa in a whole. Yes that is right

Grossedout9 | 05/08/08, 11:27 PM