[外電] Ken Griffey Jr. to Announce Retirement - 美國職棒

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作者: mohicans (Last Of The Mohicans) 看板: MLB
標題: [外電] Ken Griffey Jr. to Announce Retirement
時間: Thu Jun 3 07:50:19 2010

6/02/2010 7:31 PM ET By John Hickey

SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr. has retired from baseball, FanHouse has learned.

Sources said that Griffey, who didn't report to Safeco Field for the
Mariners' game against the Minnesota Twins Wednesday, is saying "it's over.''

The team will make an official announcement on the field before Seattle takes
on Minnesota.

Griffey, the man who more than any other helped build the Mariners into a
viable franchise as the premier center fielder of the the 1990s, played for
Seattle from 1989-1999 and came back again in 2009 where he helped
revitalized the franchise.

But he hasn't been able to duplicate that success in 2010 and he's gotten
increasingly less playing time. He's only had seven at-bats since May 18 as
Mike Sweeney has become increasingly more productive as the Mariners'
designated hitter.

The formal announcement should come within the hour.

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/06/02/ken-griffey-jr-to-announce-retirement/


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