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Baseball: Griffey, a favorite son of Pacific Northwest, awaits Hall
Ken Griffey Jr.’s power in the Kingdome and later Safeco Field wowed the Mariners’ fan base for over two decades.
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Baseball: Griffey, a favorite son of Pacific Northwest, awaits Hall
Griffey Jr. would regularly make acrobatic catches that marveled baseball fans.
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Jan. 6—Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame vote is announced.
Posted: Saturday, January 2, 2016 12:00 am
Baseball: Griffey, a favorite son of Pacific Northwest, awaits Hall
BY TIM BOOTH/AP SPORTS WRITER
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SEATTLE—The perfect swing that we could never emulate. The diving, leaping catches we only dared to copy with the protection of pillows and couch cushions on the floor. The smile that told us baseball could be fun for even the best player of our generation.
For those of us who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, Ken Griffey Jr. was the first transcendent star of our youth we could claim as our own. He was the guy that kids in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles were emulating. Yet we had the chance 81 times a season to go inside the dreary concrete confines of the Kingdome and watch Griffey perform.
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