Why does Ken Griffey owe anyone money?

johnnyhair posted 5/16/2008 from www.tireball.com [flag]

Today in the Dayton Daily News writer Hal McCoy wrote that Cincinnati Red’s outfielder Ken Griffey Jr repaid a debt to pitcher Josh Fogg in pennies. Some fifth teen years ago I remember stock car driver Rusty Wallace paying NASCAR a fine in pennies loaded in a tractor trailer and since then there have been others. So this isn’t the first time someone has repaid another individual with a ... [link]

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