“I’ve been punched before, but I’ve never been hit by a bronze bat.”
Kelsey Klevenberg admits that thought crossed his mind amid his heroics Tuesday. He wasn’t sure what his fate would be as he sprinted through the Sodo streets, but he knew he had a civic duty.
A few minutes earlier, he was in a business meeting on the fifth floor of the KING 5 building when he noticed an act of heresy across the street. A man was trying to snap the bat off the Ken Griffey Jr. statue at Safeco Field.