In this screen grab from video, Mariners batboy Matt Barkley prepares to high-five Ken Griffey Jr. after Junior followed his dad's homer with a historic one of his own in a Sept. 14, 1990 game vs. the California Angels in Anaheim, Calif.
September 17, 2020
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THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: The night a future band director and Post Falls volleyball coach had a front-row seat to history
On Sept. 14, 1990, Matt Barkley was in the M's dugout in Anaheim, Calif., when Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. hit back-to-back home runs against the Anaheim Angels — the first time a father and son had ever homered back to back in a major league game. "It gives me chills just thinking about it," recalled Barkley, a music teacher and former volleyball coach in Post Falls.