Paul Klee: No one remembers 1998 All-Star Game Home Run Derby like Rick Mathews. He was on the mound.

[ASFN Admin]

Jul. 11—DENVER — On the night Coors Field booed Ken Griffey Jr. into the MLB Home Run Derby, Rick Mathews "couldn't believe" his baseball fortune. He was on the mound. "For someone who loves this game so much," Mathews says now, "It just seemed so perfect." Perfect, because it was. It really was. And it was Mathews throwing perfect pitches to Griffey, the Seattle Mariners icon. There are ...

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