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- Updated: August 5, 2016
SEATTLE — As Ken Griffey Jr. pulled the rope, one hand over the other, the blue and teal flag billowed around him. Then it lifted, all 600 square feet of it, and flapped above his head. The No. 24 flew over Seattle from the top of the Space Needle.
“I feel like this is kind of full circle,” wife Melissa Griffey said. “Start in Seattle, finish up here.”
• Guide to Griffey weekend at Safeco Field
The Space Needle began flying the Kid’s number Friday in honor of the Mariners retiring his No. 24 jersey this weekend and his induction into the Hall of Fame. Griffey is the first player to be inducted into the Hall as a Mariner.
“It means a lot,” Griffey said of the Mariners retiring his number. “It’s something that you don’t think of. You just want to play — go out there and play baseball. And the organization feels that nobody else should wear …
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