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Originally Posted by SinnerP
Anyway, is Sims just doing radio now? Been noticing Rizzs doing TV comm after the 3rd...
[h1]Shh ... Griffey's sleeping[/h1]
ESPN.com news services
Though he may be 40 years old now, sometimes "The Kid" needs to sleep.
Griffey
Seattle Mariners star Ken Griffey Jr. missed a chance to enter an unspecified game last week as a pinch hitter because he was asleep in the clubhouse, according to a report from the Tacoma News Tribune.
When pressed following the game as to why he had not used the left-handed slugger as a pinch hitter, Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu was evasive.
But according to two unnamed younger Seattle players who are both fond of Griffey, the future Hall of Famer had fallen asleep.
"He was asleep in the clubhouse," one player told the Tribune. "He'd gone back about the fifth inning to get a jacket and didn't come back. I went back in about the seventh inning -- and he was in his chair, sound asleep."
The second player, who is reported to know Griffey better, claims the scuffling slugger has had difficulty sleeping at home.
"He doesn't sleep well at night, he's away from his family, he's comfortable in the clubhouse," he told the Tribune. "They could have awakened him."
Griffey is batting .208 with just five RBI for a last-place Mariners club that has struggled mightily in trying to get runs across the plate this season.
SinnerP wrote:
The thing is, this wouldn't have been an issue if the team were winning. When you're losing, everything's brought up...
Exactly. I really didn't think of it as a big deal. Wak already came out and said that he wanted to give Rob Johnson a chance because he had 2 good ABs that night and it should be done at that. I have problem with those 'two players' who leak the story out. Had they problem with Junior sleeping in the clubhouse during the game then they should let Junior know about rather than go tell a reporter about it.
"We don't think there are two players who said that (about Griffey sleeping). I challenged everyone in that room - if they said that to stand up and fight me. No one stood up."
Sweeny quote
Sweeny quoteOriginally Posted by Elpablo21
"We don't think there are two players who said that (about Griffey sleeping). I challenged everyone in that room - if they said that to stand up and fight me. No one stood up."
SinnerP wrote:
Well, a nice winning streak will put this issue to bed (pun intended).
yessironce again, Thank god for the O's