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A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : GRIFFEY TAKES OFF HIS RUNNING SHOES.


In a move that might have little impact on the national polls, Ken Griffey Ken Griffey may refer to:
  • Ken Griffey, Sr. (born 1950), a retired Major League Baseball player, and the father of Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. (born 1969), a current Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
 Jr. has abandoned his presidential bid.

Nike has quietly pulled the plug on the tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign that had the Seattle Mariners' center fielder running for the highest office in the land. The fact that the Mariners aren't likely to make it to the playoffs figured prominently in the decision.

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 could get into, sometimes you end your run a little earlier than you thought you would,'' Nike spokeswoman Robin Carr-Locke said.

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 this year. But Carr-Locke said Griffey's initial dislike of the campaign changed over time, and he spoke to boys and girls boys and girls

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 clubs in Seattle about the importance of voting.

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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 13, 1996
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