Red Sox Notebook

Time of the ancient Mariner

Griffey remains popular as ever

Scuffling Jason Bay, who went 0 for 4 and whose average is down to .259, shuffles off after an eighth-inning strikeout. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

By Adam Kilgore

Globe Staff / July 5, 2009

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For as long as Jon Lester could remember, Ken Griffey Jr. was a part of his childhood. Growing up in Tacoma, Wash., just outside Seattle, Lester felt spoiled. Any summer day from the time he was 5, when Griffey made his big league debut, Lester could turn on his television and watch Griffey, the greatest player of his generation and ... (Full article: 872 words)