Joba Meets His Idols ... and Learns His Teammate's Sinker
Joba Chamberlain still gets nervous around his childhood idols.
View ArticleEarly Season Trade Rumors
It's relatively early in the season, but trade talks have swirled around some interesting names, including Ken Griffey Jr.
View Article19 Years and 600 Homers Later
Whatever number of home runs Ken Griffey, Jr., settles on, it will likely be one of those numbers that kids who grow up reading books about baseball will remember forever.
View ArticleGriffey and A-Rod, Together Again
My second year as a beat writer was 1999, when I covered the Seattle Mariners. It was the final season together for Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez. They were not close, but they were wonderfully...
View ArticleGriffey to the Rays? Not So Fast
The upstart Tampa Bay Rays may be a good fit for Ken Griffey Jr. But Griffey's agent says nothing is in the works.
View ArticleReasons to Root for Each of the Playoff Teams
Here are a few fun reasons why it would be great to see any one of the teams in the 2008 postseason win the World Series.
View ArticleChasing Elusive World Series, Griffey Is Often the Old Man Out
CHICAGO - Ten years ago, a group of Yankees beat writers sat in a bar and debated a time-honored question: If you were suddenly handed a major league franchise and could choose any player in baseball...
View ArticleThe Griffey Generation
For the generation of players born in the mid-1980s, the incandescent star of their childhood was Ken Griffey Jr. Now they are playing in the majors as Griffey - who is still looking for a job - is...
View ArticleSlow Starts May Signal Beginning of the End
"It's still early" often seems like a mantra for baseball fans who are worried about players' slow starts. But somewhere about late May or early June, it ceases to become early anymore. The season is a...
View ArticleDewayne Wise's Leap Into History
The White Sox' Dewayne Wise, who has made one of the game's more spectacular catches, talks about some of his favorite defensive plays of all time.
View ArticleThe Mariners' Draft History, and What Might Have Been
The Mariners nearly took Mike Harkey instead of Ken Griffey Jr. with the first pick in the 1987 draft. What if Griffey had gone to the Pirates, who had the second pick, and played with Barry Bonds?
View ArticleMauer Is Nearly Unanimous as A.L. M.V.P.
Joe Mauer was the first A.L. player since George Brett in 1980 to lead the league in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
View ArticleAfter Two Cy Youngs, Lincecum Finally Meets Griffey
The Giants' Tim Lincecum lasted only one inning against Seattle in his spring debut, but he met a childhood favorite in the clubhouse.
View ArticleFarewell to Dave Niehaus, a Seattle Legend
The death of Dave Niehaus, 75, will be devastating for fans in the Northwest.
View ArticleVizquel Is a Reminder of What Might Have Been
Omar Vizquel, still going as he nears age 44, made his major league debut for the Mariners on the same night Ken Griffey Jr. made his. Yet Seattle never reached the World Series.
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