Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. was rumored to have been asleep during a game, and that was the reason he wasn’t used to pinch hit. The Mariners were, at the time, playing the Anaheim Angels on Saturday, and also the Mariners ended up losing, 3-4. It has been denied by Griffey and Mariners' manager Don Wakamatsu . Hopefully that reporter didn't get a no fax payday loans for the erroneous information.
Asleep at the game is Ken Griffey Jr.
On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners were playing the second of a three-game series that was against the Anaheim Angels, and Ken Griffey Jr. supposedly went to the locker room around inning five He was found two innings later in the clubhouse asleep, as outlined by an anonymous source. The story was originally run Monday within 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..
Watching the game, others slept
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 didn't make a difference since the Mariners lost anyway. They also lost the game before it against the Angels. At 3-4, the game Saturday May 8 was really the closest loss. The game before was an 0-8 shutout, but the Mariners managed to actually 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 additionally could be worse.
Calls for the slugger to retire
Ken Griffey Jr. is no spring chicken. although it doesn't mean he can't contribute, he is 40 years old. (Look to 40 year old Brett Favre that came within one game of the super bowl last year.) He had an average of .214 with 44 home runs and 57 RBIs just last year. So far, he averages .200 with 5 runs and 5 RBIs this year. That isn’t too bad, so maybe the calls for Griffey to turn in his spikes are a bit premature.
Citations
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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