Ken Grumpy Jr.: sleeping during games?

[DirtyKash]

Griffey is sleeping during the games. And he even missed a few pinch-hitting chances because he was asleep. What a player.

Last week, when some members of the press corps asked manager Don Wakamatsu why he hadn’t used Griffey as a pinch hitter for Rob Johnson late in a game, Wakamatsu was vague.

Two Mariners players, however, weren’t. Both are younger players, fond of Griffey. Neither had an ax to grind.

So why didn’t Wakamatsu go to Junior off the bench.

“He was asleep in the clubhouse,” one player said. “He’d gone back about the fifth inning to get a jacket and didn’t come back. I went back in about the seventh inning – and he was in his chair, sound asleep.”

The other player, who knows Griffey a little better, tried to rationalize.

“He doesn’t sleep well at night, he’s away from his family, he’s comfortable in the clubhouse,” he said. “They could have awakened him …”

It’s hardly a capital offense, but it’s a telling piece of anecdotal evidence. This isn’t the Griffey of 2009. This isn’t the Griffey who can help the Mariners in 2010.

[Kingdom]

This is LOL Griffey of 2010. Nice. At some point, it might be time to realize... retirement is a good option.

[missionhockey21]

Ken Grumpy Jr., love it.

As for the defender of Griffey, I wonder who it was? Besides, who does Griff think he is, a reliever?

[Kingdom]

He thinks he's Manny.

[missionhockey21]

It's just Griffey being Griffey.

[redsfan28]

I don't blame him for taking a snooze during a game. Most M's fans do anyway...

[Porter]

No we just drink the $9 mixed drinks or the $7 beer into a drunken stupor. It shouldn't be any different from all the Reds fans lately as well.