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Center Pieces

Roger Schlueter | Saturday, September 13, 2025

By the time Ken Griffey, Jr.’s fourth MLB season was behind him, the Mariners’ center fielder may have had to build an addition onto whatever space had been erected to display the signifiers of excellence and prominence:  three Gold Gloves; a Silver Slugger; three All-Star nods as a starter for […]

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Opening With a Bang

Roger Schlueter | Monday, March 10, 2025

The very first Opening Day home run in the modern era came from an unlikely source:  the bat of pitcher Jack Powell.  On April 19, 1901, in front of the home crowd in St. Louis, the hurler helped his cause in what was ultimately an 8-7 loss to Chicago (on […]

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