The Mariners signed Ken Griffey Jr. to a one year contract tonight. The CEO is very conflicted. The analytical side of me hates it and is afraid it means the M’s won’t play the people they should be playing in 2009 in order to give the team a better chance of contending in 2010.
The emotional, sports-fan side of me? I come a little bit close to tearing up every time I see Griffey’s smile at the end of Edgar’s famous double in game 5 of the 1995 wildcard. Plus, I was working in Washington state politics in 1996 and I know to an absolute certainty that the late Mariner run in 1995 led by Griffey guaranteed that Safeco Field would get built and that baseball in Seattle would be saved. Suffice to say I am not too objective on this one.
Sweet Jebus I cannot wait until the baseball season starts again. The first time Junior hits an HR this year I might go a little bit apey.
