Mariners president of business ops Catie Griggs resigns

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Trailblazing Seattle Mariners executive Catie Griggs resigned her position as the team's president of business operations Friday to move closer to her family.

Griggs will leave her post later this month, at which point Mariners chairman John Stanton will serve as the interim president of business operations until a replacement is hired.

When Griggs was hired in the summer of