600 Club Has a New Member

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.

Back to Where it All Began...

According to Buster Olney "The Lonely," The Mariners have expressed interest in bringing Jr. back to the emerald city. This would be great for baseball and great for the true star of the steroid area to return to his baseball home to retire as the legend he truly is. Many forget Griffey's dominance of the 90's he was better than any of the roid heads (Canseco, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa.) He was the Michael Jordan of baseball, I mean he would have been if Michael wasn't the Michael Jordan of baseball.
An injury plagued, latter half of his career skewed the public's prespective of Griff and hopefully classic games of KGJ will surface so all the youngins can learn to respect the man. Ken, thanks for the best sports game for Super Nintendo and the smooth stroke, you are the man for you place and time. Hopefully the Mariners pull off a trade for him, not only would he be back on his original team but the lineup would be deep and would give the Evil Orange County Angels a run for their money.
The new lineup could be very potent Ichiro who usually gets on base could be followed by the much improved Raul Ibanez, then potential all-stars Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson, Griffey could DH at the fifth spot followed by young talent like Yuniesky Betancourt and Jose Lopez. In addition to a strong lineup, the Mariners have one of the best one-two starting pitching combos in the league with "King" Felix Hernandez and Eric Bedard. This team could make a run and is always dangerous in terms of pulling off deals at the deadline, watch for them to quietly sneak into the playoff chase after they add pitching at the deadline.