fannation.com - 1/4/2009
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Ken Griffey Jr. battled a knee injury last year, which he hid. David Banks/Getty Images
Five teams have shown interest in future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. , his longtime agent Brian Goldberg said. According to Goldberg, three American League teams and two NL teams have ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
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It doesn’t include Manny Ramirez yet, but the
market for outfielders is coming around. Pat Burrell agreed...
Monday to a two-year, $16 million deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milton Bradley to three years and $30 million with the Chicago Cubs , leaving ...
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fangraphs.com - 1/6/2009
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Yesterday, we saw Milton Bradley go to Chicago
and Pat Burrell land in Tampa Bay. In general,...
Cubs fans and Rays fans are happy with their new acquisitions, and both teams are viewing their shiny new hitters as potentially the missing piece that ...
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Where Do The OFs Land?
mlbtraderumors.com - 1/4/2009
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Five teams have expressed interest in Ken Griffey
Jr. , according to Jon Heyman who confirms the...
Rays and Mariners are two of them. One other AL team and two NL clubs comprise the five. For Griffey, Seattle would be a nostalgic return; however, ...
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Five Teams Interested In Griffey
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Five teams have expressed interest in Ken Griffey Jr., according to Jon Heyman who confirms the Rays and Mariners are two of them. One other AL team and two NL clubs comprise the five. ...
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Palm Ball NW/Bleeding Blue and Teal —
... Jon Heyman reports that five teams have shown interest in Ken Griffey, including the Mariners (which we already knew). Anyone sick of the Griffey debate yet? I am. ...
[THE HANGOVER] Rays Pitching Prospect Arrested
Rays Index —
... No surprise that the Rays are involved, but Jon Heyman is reporting that four other teams have expressed interest in Ken Griffey Jr. While Griffey may prefer to play close to his Orlando home, he is clearly just one name on the Rays' Plan B list for DH. [SI.com] ...
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Griffey Talk
mlb-review.com 1/17/2009 — John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer says that Ken Griffey Jr., and his agent Brian Goldberg, are talking to four teams about playing in 2009. Of the four teams, two are AL and two are NL, Seattle is one of the AL teams, and the Reds are not one of ...
Rays, Mariners linked to Griffey
mlb.mlb.com 1/4/2009 — The Rays and the Mariners are among five teams that have shown interest in signing Ken Griffey Jr., according to a report by SI.com.
Now it's down to Griffey or Garret
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 2/12/2009 — It seems as if the stars are aligning for Seattle and Ken Griffey Jr. In the space of a couple of hours Wednesday, sluggers Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn were taken off the list of available free agent outfielders, Abreu signing with the Angels and Dunn ...
Mariners Plan April Ceremony For Griffey Jr.
lookoutlanding.com 2/5/2009 — SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr. has always wanted to receive that one final ovation that the city of Seattle has always wanted to give to him.
This coming April, both parties may get their wish.
Prior to the Seattle Mariners' April 14th home opener ...
Griffey Post
lookoutlanding.com 1/7/2009 — Let's do this.
Ken Griffey Jr. is a good player.
Demonstrably untrue. According to Fangraphs' data, since 2002, Griffey has averaged 0.75 WAR per season, and since 2006 has been a replacement-level player. Whatever pluses he's had at the plate ...
Mariners mum on Griffey
usatoday.com 10/31/2008 — The Seattle Mariners can have Ken Griffey Jr. back if they want him, now that he's a free agent.
New Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik refused to say whether Seattle will make a push to sign its former franchise center fielder who is still beloved in the Northwest. That was hours after ...
Griffey near return to Mariners
mlb.mlb.com 2/12/2009 — A little more than nine years after being traded to the Reds for four players, Griffey and the Mariners are nearing agreement on a one-year contract.
First to Third: Griffey Goes Home
sportsjudge.blogspot.com 2/20/2009 — While I don't particularly like the Mariners' signing of Ken Griffey, Jr. from a baseball perspective, I like it in a sentimental one. Let's face it, Griffey is washed up and should be limited to DH duty, especially after Seattle's acquisition of Franklin Gutierrez in the off-season. The ...
Griffey headed back to Seattle
thesportscorner.ca 2/19/2009 — Just as the city of Seattle hit rock bottom at the end of 2008, the final year of the decade is starting quite a bit better than the last, as Ken Griffey Jr. informed the Atlanta Braves that he’s heading back to Seattle, right where it all began. Obviously, Griffey isn’t the ...
Baby Boomers: The MLB Rookies Of 2009 —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/4/2009
As the baseball season approaches in March of 2009, one wonders who may come forth from the minors and begin a career in glory. Last year, Evan Longoria lead the Tampa Bay Rays to the AL East pennant. In 2007 Jacoby Ellsbury took Red Sox nation by ...
Few tweaks needed for AL champs —
Major League Baseball News 1/5/2009
The American League champions continued to play baseball until almost November, which gave them less time to prepare for the new season. Fortunately for the Rays, less down time appears to be the only negative for the Rays in preparing to defend their ...
