Houston Astros' Javier Bracamonte on media picture day Getty Images loading...“A lot of people from Seattle came asking me for the ball,” Bracamonte said. “And this guy said: ‘Hey, he broke the Seattle Mariners record so please give it to me.’”He told the fans no and that he was saving it for Raleigh. “I followed Ken Griffey for so long,” he said. “And when I was a kid, Ken Griffey gave me a pair of batting gloves like back in the early 90s. I know the history of him and the Seattle Mariners.