Mariner exec Shaffer taking a look at Griffey

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Mariner exec Shaffer taking a look at Griffey
Published 5/12/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Mariner exec Shaffer taking a look at Griffey Shaffer: When you’re having Griffey more than once. There may be more to the Mariners interest in Ken Griffey Jr. than Seattle management has been willing to let on Reports out of New York say that Duane Shaffer, in his first season as a special assistant to Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi, was in Shea Stadium Sunday to have a look at Griffey. The Mariners need two things - someone to get the fans’ interest revved up after a horrid start to the season and someone to provide some power to a lineup devoid of many ...

If Mariners fans really love Junior, they'll let him contend
Published 5/12/2008 at Big League Stew
... The Kid can still do no wrong by Seattle residents and since he's never slammed the door on one last go-round, most M's fans have always sat hopefully by the door, a little like a loyal basset hound.   But now, with the Reds digging themselves a deeper hole in the NL Central and the flagging Mariners looking for any way to appease their fanbase, the speculation over Griffey's possible return to the Pacific Northwest is again hitting Space Needle-type heights.  From the Seattle P-I: Reports out of New York say that Duane Shaffer, in ...

Mariners Send Exec To Scout Griffey
Published 5/12/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... According to Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News, the Mariners sent consultant to the GM Duane Schafer to Shea Stadium this weekend to watch Ken Griffey Jr.  Junior finds himself with a .254/.333/.384 line in 156 plate appearances.  He's three homers shy of 600. There are plenty of complications with the Griffey-to-Seattle scenario: The Mariners are eight games back, seven out in the Wild Card, and in last place with a .385 winning percentage.  The Reds are doing about the same, making it tough to say the Ms will ...

Mariners Reportedly Scouting Ken Griffey
Published 5/12/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... and wouldn't mind eventually returning to Seattle? Turns out the Mariners might be looking to make it happen. John Hickey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reveals the following on his blog: ...

Mariners Scout Griffey
Published 5/12/2008 by Patrick Dorsey at The Transaction Guy
... According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, special assistant to the Mariners GM Duane Shaffer was in New York yesterday to watch Reds right fielder Ken Griffey Jr. play. ...