When Ken Griffey jr. left the Seattle Mariners over a decade ago, the fans as well as the print and broadcast media were not so understanding or supportive. Griffey's trade to the Cincinnati Reds was met with much criticism amid rumors of chasing the big dollars but he took a pay cut instead. All he wanted to do was be a little closer to his family. Randy Johnson’s (“The Big Unit”) departure to the Arizona Diamondbacks didn't nearly get the kind of negative publicity nor did Alex R-O-I-D-riguez after being traded to the Texas Rangers; so that question is: "Why all the 'Hoopla" over a returning aged player who is playing in perhaps his last season of professional baseball before retirement, and his very likely induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, P.A. Is it because Ken Griffey Jr. is a hometown prodigy who has finally decided to end his career where he started it all at in front of the now adoring and local fans who have now finally forgiven him for leaving them in the first place.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
February 19, 2009
