August 10, 2020 • The Seattle Times
‘The doubleheader of cancer’: Ex-Mariners trainer Rick Griffin and wife Rachel move forward after both overcame disease
When longtime Mariners trainer Rick Griffin completed his final treatment for prostate cancer in late June, he received a commemorative coin from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy Center. It has a prominent place of honor on his desk.
For 35 years as the Mariners’ head athletic trainer, Griffin was the one tending to the health concerns of Seattle players, from legends to journeymen. Then in 2017, it was Griffin who suddenly was the one being cared for.