Published 5/24/2008
by Mark Sheldon
at Major League Baseball News
There were many people concerned about Ken Griffey Jr.'s prolonged stretch without a home run. The Reds right fielder insisted he was never one of them. "Everybody was like, 'He hasn't hit a home run yet. It's been 90 at-bats,'" Griffey said on Friday. "Just to prove them wrong, I hit it out of the biggest ballpark in the league."
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