Mariners’ GM Jack Zduriencik and Dave Niehaus React To Griffey’s Retirement

Thanks to SB Nation’s Lookout Landing, here is some reaction from Mariners announcer Dave Niehaus:

You could feel this day coming, and you dreaded it.

I do know we would not be sitting here at Safeco Field were it not for Ken Griffey Jr. and his arrival on the scene...Ken Griffey Jr. made Seattle baseball, he really did.

I’m going to miss Ken, just his persona in the clubhouse. He lit up the clubhouse. It’ll be a different clubhouse. It’s a sad day. But I think a happy day for the Griffey family, because daddy’s coming home.

The link also includes some brief reaction from Mariners’ General Manager Jack Zduriencik, who only found out about Griffey’s retirement an hour and a half or so before everyone else did. Zduriencik said Griffey’s replacement will likely come from Tacoma (AAA).