Is there too much reminiscing on the Mariners’ 1995 season?
Aug 15, 2017, 10:28 AM | Updated: 2:07 pm
Edgar Martinez missed the Hall of Fame vote by 4.6 percent. (AP)
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The Mariners’ 1995 season saw some of the most iconic moments in franchise history, including “The Double,” a Cy Young Award for Randy Johnson and a first-time appearance in the postseason. The cheer of the crowd as Ken Griffey Jr. slid home to score the winning run against the Yankees has been revisited time and time again on the Safeco Field scoreboard.
But at some point, does the reminiscing become too much?
Mike Salk of 710 ESPN Seattle’s “Brock and Salk” wondered that after the team’s tribute to Edgar Martinez over the weekend.
“From my perspective,” Salk said, “moving here eight or nine years ago and not being a part of that season and everything that it meant for everybody, Edgar Martinez and Kenny Griffey Jr. Day and those things should really stand apart as these incredible moments to honor that team and who they were. And it’s harder to do it when I feel like they’re glorified throughout the year, oftentimes for no reason, because people don’t know what else to talk about.
“It gets me to the point where you get to yesterday and this weekend and instead of being psyched for Edgar, I’m like, ‘Oh, another 1995 thing.’ And that’s a bummer. And it’s not the fault of the Mariners, it’s not Edgar’s fault, it’s not the fault of anybody connected to it other than I think it just gets glorified.”
Listen above as Salk and co-host Brock Huard discuss whether there is ever too much of a focus on the ’95 season.
