The Kid and The Mick

Clo posted 5/5/2008 from seamheads.com [flag]

The Kid and The Mick Two Fridays ago in San Francisco, Ken Griffey Jr. played in the 2,402 nd major league game, passing Mickey Mantle for 74 th on the all-time leaderboard. If he can play in 140 games this season, he'll pass Zack Wheat at 69 th with 2,410*. [link]

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