So I was a little bored and decided to look through my old scorebooks and find the one where Griffey broke his hand. This was a huge moment in 1995, as we lost him for 73 games and history would have been totally different if we had had him the whole year. Would we have sailed into the playoffs? Would we have played .500 ball the whole year and not received that "boost" when he came back?. His first game back was August 15th when we were 11.5 games down. Everyone knows the rest of the story.
I couldn't scan the entire sheet, it cut off about half an inch... but found it interesting that future Mariner Jamie Moyer came out of Baltimore's bullpen. It was the 27th game of the year, as remember 1995 was strike shortened, and Griffey was having a good game up until the 7th when he slammed into the wall. Anyway, thought it was a fun blast from the past.
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