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Social Media Loved Seeing the Mariners Hall of Famers Involved in the Ceremonial First Pitches at All-Star Game

Social media was abuzz on Tuesday when Seattle Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson were together for the ceremonial first pitches at the All-Star Game.
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Social Media Loved Seeing the Mariners Hall of Famers Involved in the Ceremonial First Pitches at All-Star Game
Social Media Loved Seeing the Mariners Hall of Famers Involved in the Ceremonial First Pitches at All-Star Game

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Social media was abuzz on Tuesday night before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game when four Seattle Mariners legends reunited for the ceremonial first pitches.

M's Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez threw out the first pitchers to other M's Hall of Famers Dan Wilson and Jay Buhner. You can watch the touching moment below:

These four players are four of the most important players in franchise history and were all part of the 1995 team that is widely credited for helping save baseball in Seattle. After the team was threatening to move, the Mariners went on a late-season run, winning a playoff series against the New York Yankees. That helped sway public opinion on the team and helped earn the team the right's to a new ballpark - that same ballpark where the All-Star Game was played on Tuesday.

Griffey is widely seen as one of the best players in all of baseball history. He hit 630 career homers over a 22-year career with the Mariners, Reds and White Sox. He was a 13-time All-Star, a 10-time Gold Glover, an MVP and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Martinez spent 18 years in the big leagues, all with Seattle. He was a seven-time All-Star and a two-time batting champion who had a lifetime on-base percentage of .418. He is also a Hall of Famer.

Buhner had a 15-year career, making one All-Star team and hitting 310 home runs. He played for the Yankees and Mariners.

Finally, Wilson spent 14 years in the big leagues with the Reds and Mariners, making an All-Star Game in 1996. 

The National League beat the American League in the All-Star Game, 3-2.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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