SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr. dealt with numerous broken bats during his 22-year playing career, but the Mariners vowed the bronze statue of their Hall of Fame center fielder at the front gate of Safeco Field will be repaired and returned to its original state.
Someone broke off the bat in Griffey's hands on the 7-foot statue about 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday. Seattle police, responding to calls from a witness who saw the incident taking place, arrested an adult male who was booked into King County Jail on suspicion of felony malicious mischief, Seattle Police Detective Mark Jamison told the Seattle Times.