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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Sleepless in Seattle and The City That Never Sleeps... I Call Bullshit



New York Mets announcer Keith Hernandez passed out during an extra innings Mets game over the weekend, but he wasn't the only one to fall asleep on the job. In a Seattle Mariners game last week, 40 year old Ken Griffey Jr. was unavailable to pinch hit because he was asleep in the clubhouse. He went back to grab a jacket in the fifth inning, and never came back. The guy's old, he needed a quick nap I guess. Or maybe he felt like he was useless due to his .208 batting average this season.

These two instances should be a message to MLB Commissioner Bud Selig: Hey Bud, baseball games are boring. Try to find a way to speed them up, please. If you have players and announcers falling asleep (who are actually critically involved in the game), imagine how we as fans feel.