Griffey welcomed home after milestone
Published 6/11/2008 by Mark Sheldon at Major League Baseball News
Only a couple of hours after he hit career home run No. 600 in South Florida on Monday, Ken Griffey Jr. said he had 72 text messages and 18 voice mail messages of congratulations waiting for him on his cellphone.
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