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[The water cooler - What Eastsiders are talking about - By Ann Garretson]

"Do you think Ken Griffey Jr. will break Roger Maris's home run record?"
(asked at Crossroads Shopping Center on 09-17-97; published in the EJ on 09-21-97)


[pt.]Steve Chien, Computer programmer, Redmond
[blue rule]
"Close, but not this year. I just moved out here from Boston, but I follow baseball... . I think maybe, but unlikely -- nine home runs in 11 games is a lot. Actually, my hero is Cal Ripken because I'm from Maryland."

[pt.]Jason Barile, Software engineer, Redmond
[blue rule]
"I don't know. From what I know about him, he's probably got a very good chance. I'm more of a hockey fan -- I just moved here from Tennessee and we don't have a baseball team. I'd like to start following the Mariners."

[pt.]Matt Jaffe, College sophomore, Redmond
[blue rule]
"Not this year. But with the way Griffey swings, he could hit 70 any time he wants to. But that slowdown in July -- where he only hit one home run -- otherwise, he'd be right at the record right now. I would not be surprised if he breaks the record next year, or the year after that. If he stays healthy, he'll break Hank Aaron's career home run record."

[pt.]Catherine Hall, Broadcasting, Seattle
[blue rule]
"No. He's too young. I don't want him to just yet. And I don't think he will because it's too short a time. My heart wants him to succeed, but he should have to work a little for it."

[pt.]Erin Verginia, Full-time mom, Bellevue
[blue rule]
"I definitely think he will. I think he hit three home runs in the last two games. With his average, yeah, he'll get it."

[pt.]Tom Sartor, Production, Kenmore
[blue rule]
"If he concentrates, he can do it. He has a problem with concentrating. If you go back to July, he was upset about travelling to play a game in North Carolina... . But he's got the talent, no doubt about it. He's got more talent than you can shake a bat at."

 

[blue rule]

© 1997 by the Bellevue, WA-based Eastside Journal (née Journal American) newspaper.

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