My man Ken Griffey Jr. finally hits his 600th homerun in his first at bat tonight against Sacramento King's Power Forward, I mean, Florida Marlin's Pitcher, Mark Hendrickson. Say what you want about Griff, this guy is without question the most likeable athlete in the last 20 years in baseball with the exception of maybe Ozzie Smith and Cal Ripken. The guy had the prettiest stroke ever, he was the most dominant ballplayer in the 90's, he has the best sports video game in Super Nintendo history and he's clean. He was the Posterchild for Upper deck which was huge when I was a kid, along side MJ and Wayne Gretzky, they became the idols for kids across the the world. He dominated the steroid era without one mention of steroids his entire career. Ken Griffey Jr., son of Ken Griffey Sr., duh, was on pace to become the greatest player of all time before his latter half of his career was taken over by injuries.I think he's injured every part of his body, except his heart, yea I said it, that's a good line. Griffey will be a first ballot Hall of Famer in no time flat upon retirement and as he continues to pads his stats late in his career, there is no doubt in my mind if he stays healthy, he can make a run to ta least the top 3 on the all-time homerun list. I wish this guy the best. I hope he's an all-star this year, it's really the only chance I have to watch him since he plays in the most small market team possible. The Red's stadium is so small market, it doesn't even have a corporate name, and has no excuse, Dodger Stadium and Yankee Stadium were built before the era of ballpark corporate takeovers. Hopefully he lands in Seattle at the deadline and can retire a Mariner, the way it was meant to be.
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