Today was opening day for the baseball season—well, yesterday actually was, but there was only one game—and of the teams I follow, the Mariners won, the Cubs won, and the Giants open tomorrow.Newly re-acquired Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 612th career home run today in Minnesota tieing him with Frank Robinson at the MLB record eight opening day home runs. That’s more than Mays, Mantle, Bonds or Aaron ever hit in all their openers. Photo above shows him being welcomed back into the M's dugout following his shot.
Looks like a great baseball year is in the works. Don’t know how many early-season Mariners games we’ll get to, but two are on the horizon – a late May game against the Giants and a late June game against the Padres, both during interleague play.
There is nothing like the Springtime aromatic mixture of freshly graded dirt, sprouting green grass and a newly-oiled leather mitt. If you’ve played the game, you know what I mean.
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