Steve Kelley--->Cult of Griffey

by eponymous_coward on Feb 5, 2009 9:29 PM PST

Yadda yadda yadda, Griffey is awesome, we should sign him ASAP, there's no possible downside to this, play him 3-4 times a week in the OF, he'll put butts in the seats, he's worth 5 million.

Seriously, we're going to have to listen to this guy.

Not to mention his one sentence paragraphs.

Oh, and Art Thiel's going to be out of a job in a couple months.

Sigh.

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It makes me sad that Art is losing his job.

On the plus side, Jim Moore is too.

by dancehall_dreamer on Feb 5, 2009 9:35 PM PST reply actions

What, no more updates on his dog or Amber the Sea Gal?

by eponymous_coward on Feb 5, 2009 9:44 PM PST reply actions

and Kelley actually gets airtime, as well.

it’s just wrong.

by msb on Feb 5, 2009 9:50 PM PST reply actions

Hey!

wonder if Thiel would like to join the KIRO postgame show.

Now that would be entertaining.

by msb on Feb 5, 2009 9:51 PM PST up reply actions

Yes please.

by BrianL on Feb 5, 2009 9:51 PM PST up reply actions

And it would also be awesome if they could somehow get Larry Stone involved.

A Drayer/Thiel/Stone team would be the best postgame crew ever.

by BrianL on Feb 5, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions

Needs more Mike Curto :(

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Feb 5, 2009 10:54 PM PST up reply actions

Everything needs more Mike Curto.

by BrianL on Feb 5, 2009 10:58 PM PST up reply actions

well, that's what I think

but I want him doing play by play.

by msb on Feb 6, 2009 7:20 AM PST up reply actions

I would love to see a picture of Thiel standing next to Drayer.

Stop The Wave!

by ConorGlassey on Feb 6, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions

I want a picture of me standing next to Drayer

so I can remind myself that at least one person in the world is more vertically challenged than I am.

by BrianL on Feb 6, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions

kinda like that moment in Silverado?

when Brian Dennehy & Linda Hunt share the screen?

by msb on Feb 6, 2009 1:58 PM PST up reply actions

This

was

inevitable

;

Steve

Kelley was

bound to write a

piece

eventually to

spurn us for

daring to disparage the Kid

named Griffey

who once held us all in rapt attention

just

by Matthew on Feb 5, 2009 10:05 PM PST reply actions 5 recs

Well done.

by mark sobba on Feb 6, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

Honestly, from a strictly business standpoint Griffey would make a ton of sense...

Especially in this economy, ticket and merch sales are sure to be sluggish. The man would get asses in the seats and jerseys off the rack.

From an on the field perspective it would be a horrid move, but if I was owning the team, and seeing that this probably isn’t going to be a World Series year for the M’s, I’d probably make Z do it and tell him that part of the big profit made off Griffey could be spent in next year’s free agency.

by SethGrandpa on Feb 6, 2009 12:59 AM PST reply actions

Upwards $40 Million is coming off the books by next season.

The M’s don’t need Griffey to get a bigger payroll.

by ThundaPC on Feb 6, 2009 3:56 AM PST up reply actions

I just don't see Griffey filling the seats for more then a few games

He’s got a definite novelty effect but I feel like besides the first and last week or so he’s not going to draw more than an extra thousand fans per game on average

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by Corco on Feb 6, 2009 6:05 AM PST up reply actions

I don't think having him back on the team would make me buy more tickets than I already do.

and you might get a one-game bump from the average fan, but I doubt they would suddenly drop for a season of 16-game plan.

by msb on Feb 6, 2009 7:23 AM PST up reply actions

If you want to call it an extra thousand...

Thats 82 games * 1000 fans * say $20 a ticket = $1.64 mil … add in clothing, food and beer sales from that and it could be around $3.5… just gross numbers, but a thousand fans at every game adds up fast

by CHEAP ROUNDS AT NORM'S on Feb 6, 2009 8:29 AM PST up reply actions

Griffey's salary would be more than 3.5 million

Thus making this a bad move.

by Rollo Tomasi on Feb 6, 2009 8:40 AM PST up reply actions

True, but I think it'd be a lot more than 1000 fans

I think Griffey would add much more than 82,000 seats over the season… think of the obvious griffey tshirt or bobblehead or locomotive or hydroplane or whatever other days they think up of now… point is, it would be a plus move in terms of money… i wouldn’t expect much production from him but if he adds 20 hr’s the fans will call it a good move

by CHEAP ROUNDS AT NORM'S on Feb 6, 2009 8:57 AM PST up reply actions

If the difference between Girffey and making a move for a superior player...

is the difference between a playoff spot and no playoffs, it’s a horrible move. And no, the M’s are not as far away from the playoffs as you think.

by eponymous_coward on Feb 6, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions

Speaking strictly as a person who attends tons of games.

My enjoyment at the park would be seriously compromised by Safeco being overrun with Griffey wanks. We already have way to many people attending games that do not care about the team or the game. The last thing we need to do is turn 2009 into a 6 month tribute.

by Sec 108 on Feb 6, 2009 9:39 AM PST up reply actions

Those games are very well attended regardless of the player on the promotion.

by Robert on Feb 6, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions

Maybe

although there are only 81 games.

by Rollo Tomasi on Feb 6, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, but if you lose say $2M to engender some goodwill from the fanbase after last year, it's worth it, isn't it?

I don’t think the Griffey problem comes down to economics at all. I think it comes down to whether or not he’d be blocking a younger player with potential and whether or not he’d actually help the team (he won’t)

by seattlebruin on Feb 6, 2009 7:53 PM PST up reply actions