SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr., whose bust already is permanently enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., now has a forever home at Safeco Field, too. The Mariners unveiled a bronze statue of their first National Baseball Hall of Famer at the front entrance to the stadium on Thursday.
The seven-foot tall statue will greet fans at the Home Plate Gate, on the corner of Edgar Martinez Drive and Dave Niehaus Way. It's just the second statue installed at the stadium, and it was commissioned by Chicago artist Lou Cella, the same sculptor who did the Niehaus statue that has been a fixture in the right-center-field concourse since 2011.