Evan Meek grew up amidst the grunge scene and Ken Griffey, Jr. era of Seattle in the 1990s. He can reel off the names of those Mariner teams that competing in the 1990s, and, no, he never grew a Randy Johnson mullet. Meek bounced around baseball for several seasons before hitting pay-dirt with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was an All-Star in 2010. Meek, the only member of the Express to make an MLB All-Star Game appearance, caught up with the Round Rock Leader following his second start in eight years on Tuesday. RRL: What made you fall in love with baseball? EM: I grew up in Seattle watching the Seattle Mariners, being a huge fan of them. That was back when they had Ken Griffey, Jr.,...
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