Ken Griffey Jr. retires
The Kid announced his retirement this afternoon after 22 seasons, 630 home runs, 7 Silver Sluggers, 10 Gold Gloves, and numerous All-Star appearances. Here’s his press statement. Thanks, Junior.
Mariners, 85-77
Yesterday marked the end of regular season baseball, and the Seattle Mariners went 85-77, marking the biggest improvement from last year in the major leagues. After losing 101 games last year, let’s just say that expectations were fairly low. But rookie manager Don Wakamatsu did a phenomenal job in leading us back to respectability. Even …
Tax Day
I love Jon Stewart. “Taxed Enough Already.” Protesting high taxes and government’s wasteful spending. Okay, part two first: as Jon Stewart notes, protesting wasteful spending by buying lots and lots and lots of tea bags—and I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt they’re going to use those afterwards—doesn’t spell anything …
Junior
Ken Griffey Jr. is a Mariner again. I am happy.