Comments on: Do the right thing, Ken

By: mrt1212

mrt1212 — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:31:44 +0000

I care more about winning the future than remembering the past. Griffey won’t help us win and getting sentimental for 1995 is just going to hamstring future efforts to win.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:29:35 +0000

I dont care who YOU think saved baseball in seattle! Ya Jr. had alot to do with it. But that dont give him the right to be sleeping or doing any foolish things that are not helping this team ESPECIALY when this team is on a loooong losing streak. He was brougt back to make the club house a nice place and help the younger players as they need him! So as that being said Jr. is not doing what he was brought back to do so its time to ask him to retire and if he doesnt the MARINERS need to release him ASAP!! Its hard for me to say that but you have to seperat being a FAN from wanting the TEAMto WIN!! And ALL that Jr. has done DOESNT give him the right 12 years later to do what he wants!! Jr. should have more pride then that!!

By: Clinton

Clinton — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:09:00 +0000

Taylor,
I hear your argument, as well as those of others, about him not performing to what people are expecting, problem isn’t Junior though, regardless, you take out Ken you don’t have a power bat to replace him… People you need to realize, the Mariners are not a playoff team yet, we have playoff pitching but 2 out of 9 hitters in the line up could even be considered good bats for a line up that is supposed to go into the post season, we’re not going to make it this year give it up, I did and i’m fine with it, You have to be patient when building a team… but with or without JR. in the line up we’re not going this year… look we’ve put together a great pitching staff, but we need to produce more runs or we will not win, JR is not why we’re not doing that, the club simply doesn’t want to pay for a big slugger to come into town, they’ve proven that, so until we get lucky and find a few diamonds in the rough, we’re not going anywhere. So for me, if you’re not going to be a competetive team in October, and you want me to come to your games, don’t give me schon figgins… or even Guittierez… if you want me to watch an M’s game, show me a TRUE BLUE Hall of Famer to watch, i still get excited every time i see the guy bat, even if he grounds out again… i’d rather sit and watch to see if he hits another historic home run than watch schon figgins hit a double or an infield hit… who cares… 20 years from now nobody’s going to remember 95-99% of our current team… but i can Guarantee you, your great great grand kids will know who Ken Griffey Jr. was.