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There was a mark in a parking lot
of a Kroger near where I lived. The mark
looked like an “X.” That, a friend told me, is the spot where Ken Griffey Jr.’s longest high school home run landed. I looked around the parking lot. ...
Only five men in Major League Baseball history
have hit 600 home runs – the aforementioned three,
plus Barry Bonds (762) and Sammy Sosa (609). So, why weren’t the dates of their 600th home runs included in MLB’s tribute to Griffey’s pursuit?
Ken Griffey Jr. pays off on a bet
with Lou Piniella in an interesting way.
With all of the history being celebrated this
week at Yankees Stadium, so I've decided to give
you the player I consider to be the All-Time All-Star MVP. The players being considered are Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr, Steve Garvey, Willie Mays and Gary Carter. Who do you think I've selected?
CHICAGO -- It's a lower abdominal strain and
Griffey will return to Cincinnati instead of going to
San Francisco. "You guys know as much as I do," Griffey said. Griffey said he didn't remember anything after the initial shock of pain. He said he knew ...
He's not the Pearl from Tennessee, He's not
the Boss from New Jersey, He's not the Earle
from Ohio State, But his name is Bruce and his game is great, He don't sing in commercials like Bronson Arroyo, He hits homers like Griffey and Dunn, And he ...
This catch is better than pretty much any
Major League Baseball catch ever. That's right, I said
it. Wow.
I, like many others , have a man
crush on Ken Griffey Jr. There's a lot of
things that go into this crush, but the two main ones are that I'm left-handed (and still try to emulate his swing in Softball) and he presumably never cheated. Griffey ...
Ken Griffey Jr ' s on my Jock
Current mood: silly Last night at the Dodger game
we sat right next to Cincinatti's dugout, 4th row box. They are by far the best seats I've had for a game. We were getting eye contact from all the players when I decided ...
As a baseball fan it's inherent that we
incessantly follow all the statistical races down the to
the wire. We love stats, we love records, and more times than not we'd love to see some record broken. So besides that one important record that will fall by the end of the month, here's some other numbers to track: Sacrifice Flies just don't get enough credit, so I'm putting this at the ...
On Monday, Dusty Baker said "a number of
players called (him) about coming to Cincinnati." Well WHO
Dusty, Who? One name springs to mind ... Barry Bonds.
Those who know Ken Griffey Jr. know nothing
is more important than family to the newest member
of baseball's 600-home-run club. Now Griffey, a longtime resident of the Orlando, Fla., area, is telling friends he's monitoring the surprising Tampa Bay ...
"This is supposed to be an honor," Hunter
said, "and just a handful of guys wearing the
number. Now you've got entire teams doing it. I think we're killing the meaning. "It should be special wearing Jackie's number, not just because it looks cool." ...
IDYFT posts a tribute to the classic Simpsons
episode "Homer at the Bat" and does a "where
are they now" for all the players.
Wayne Krivsky’s short-lived tenure as general manager of
the Cincinnati Reds is over. Krivsky was fired today,
and replaced with former St. Louis Cardinals GM, Walt Jocketty. The Reds started the season at 9-12, and the writing was on the wall when new owner Bob Castellini hired Jocketty last season. As reported by The AP : Jocketty is the team’s fourth general manager in six ...
As Ken Griffey Jr.'s deep drive landed in
the right-field seats at Dolphin Stadium on Monday night,
he moved out of the batter's box and trotted through the door of the elite 600 home run club.
Is there such a thing as clutch hitting?
Bill James, senior baseball operations advisor for the Boston
Red Sox, now thinks maybe there is.
Ken Griffey Jr., playfully yelling moments earlier from
his corner of the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse, suddenly is
talking in almost ...
Guess it's time to put him out to
pasture. Next step is a move to the AL
as a DH.
Barry Bonds subscribes to the Cedric Benson School
of Self-Motivation. Benson said, referring to Thomas Jones, that
he's " 10 times the man and 10 times the player ". Bonds feels the same way when it comes to A-Rod . "Is he as good as me? Hell, no," Bonds told The Post when asked if Rodriguez was the best player of this generation. "He's better than me now because he's younger than me. But, ..
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