TFD: Ken Griffey Jr. too sleepy to pinch hit? And a fake yo-yo champ

Two links to end a very festive day.

*First, a story about Ken Griffey Jr. that might make you sad:

Last week, when some members of the press corps asked manager Don Wakamatsu why he hadn't used Griffey as a pinch hitter for Rob Johnson late in a game, Waskamatsu was vague.

Two Mariners players, however, weren't. Both are younger players, fond of Griffey. Neither had an ax to grind.

So why didn't Wakamatsu go to Junior off the bench.

"He was asleep in the clubhouse," one player said. "He'd gone back about the fifth inning to get a jacket and didn't come back. I went back in about the seventh inning – and he was in his chair, sound asleep."

The other player, who knows Griffey a little better, tried to rationalize.

"He doesn't sleep well at night, he's away from his family, he's comfortable in the clubhouse," he said. "They could have awakened him …"

*Second, a story and video that might make you laugh. (Thanks @McKennaEwen). Apparently a guy has been duping TV stations -- mostly in Wisconsin -- into having him on as some sort of yo-yo expert.

It's not entirely clear who Strasser is. What is clear is that a person who called himself Kenny Strasser, Kenny Strassburg, or K-Strass managed to persuade at least five television stations - four of which are in Wisconsin - to put him on live television in recent weeks.

Two other stations - both in La Crosse - came close to putting him on, but were warned ahead of time that Strasser was not who he says he is.

His latest appearance occurred Thursday morning on KQTV's "Hometown This Morning," in St. Joseph, Mo.

"He got us," said Bridget Blevins, the station's news director. "I hate that we got duped."

And how good was he with the yo-yo, a skill Strasser has said made him a champion? "He did some really lame things. He hit himself in the face and the groin with his yo-yo," Blevins said.