Ken Griffey Junior paid off a $1,500 bet to a teammate in pennies. That's sixty boxes of pennies in pitcher Josh Fogg's locker. Here's Fogg's reaction:

"I'm going to take them out to the bullpen and count them. I have a lot of time on my hands out there. I'm sure these were delivered by Brinks truck and Griffey had his paycheck in there, too."

Griffey told Fogg he was going to do it. He wanted Fogg to know he's a man of his word. Too bad ARod wasn't a man of his word and according to Junior, it helped force Griffey's departure from Seattle.

Back to the bet, I'm sure humor like that could help loosen up any locker room. If the M's ever trade for Junior, hopefully he would bring back his playful personality of the early '90's, not late '90's Griffey (attitude and all). Who would be the better prankster, Griffey or JJ Putz?

By the way, the Dayton Daily News gave this story the headlline of "150,000 pennies for you thoughts". Here's the article.

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