What a night, what a career, what a celebration!
Saying the Mariners do ceremony well is a serious understatement.
So easy to get engrossed in the moments, the memories and the emotions that you can almost forget that after the celebration, there’s still a baseball game to watch 🙂
prepping for the ceremony
The M’s pulled out all the stops, deservedly so, for Junior . . .
from the 24 in center field, on either side of home plate and even flying in the sky to baseball 24’s in person (Rickey Henderson and Tony Perez) and other famous 24’s on the video screen (Jeff Gordon and Kobe Bryant)
from fellow Seattle Hall of Famers (Steve Largent, Cortez Kennedy, Spenser Haywood and Gary Payton) to all of the current M’s wearing backwards caps and 24 jerseys during batting practice to video tributes from none other than Hank Aaron and Willie Mays and the announcement that Junior’s sweet swing will be immortalized in the form of a statue outside Safeco Field next season ❤
And, of course, Junior added an impromptu touch of his own with a call to Mr. Mays 😉
And then, the culmination, Junior’s daughter Taryn helped unveil the ultimate 24
I thoroughly enjoyed it and am so thankful I got to see it in person with my Dad!
tweets of the celebration . . .
Compass Rosy 
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