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Ken Griffey Jr retires from Mariners, baseball

An era comes to a close, as Ken Griffey Jr has announced his retirement on June 2, 2010, right before a game against the Twins. Griffey caught just about everyone off guard with the announcement. It seems he had been wrestling with the decision after beginning off a disappointing 2010 season, and it appears he is heading off to the sunset rather than become a token of nostalgia. He retires a living legend. As the fifth all time home run hitter, he is in rarefied air as a player.

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A career for the history books is closed as Ken Griffey Jr retires

There aren't numerous sportsmen who are held in the esteem Ken Griffey Jr is. It is about as easy to separate Ken Griffey Jr and also the Seattle Mariners as it is to separate Joe Namath and the Jets. He made his debut in 1989 for the Seattle Mariners, and he and Ken Griffey Sr are the only father-son combination to play Major League Baseball on the exact same team to date. He proved worth the investment of easy cash loans, as he was a prolific player on both sides of the ball. He won the Golden Glove from the American League 10 times and hit nearly 400 home runs in his original stint with Seattle.</p>

The Kid leaves the Emerald City