SEATTLE -- As Ken Griffey Jr. pulled the rope, one hand over the other, the blue and teal flag billowed around him. Then it lifted, all 600 square feet of it, and flapped above his head. The No. 24 flew over Seattle from the top of the Space Needle.
"I feel like this is kind of full circle," wife Melissa Griffey said. "Start in Seattle, finish up here."
The Space Needle began flying the Kid's number Friday in honor of the Mariners retiring his No. 24 jersey this weekend and his induction into the Hall of Fame.