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N.Y. Post: GRUMPY GRIFFEY STILL DISHIN’ BRONX JEERS (RR)
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — N.Y. Post: GRUMPY GRIFFEY STILL DISHIN’ BRONX JEERS (RR) GRIFF RUES JONES BEACH! Ken Griffey Jr. didn’t make the walk out to Monument Park yesterday, and has no plans to do so this weekend. He won’t stop to smell the roses, because Griffey figures he will have to hold his nose. “My favorite Yankee Stadium memory?” the Reds slugger said last night. “It’s leaving Yankee Stadium.” Griffey is no fan of history, and no fan of the Yankees since Billy Martin, who has been dead for 17 years, yelled at a young Griffey while his dad, Ken Sr., was a member of the Bombers. Once, ...

Griffey Deserves To Be Booed At Stadium
WasWatching.com — Via the Post - Ken Griffey Jr. didn’t make the walk out to Monument Park yesterday, and has no plans to do so this weekend. He won’t stop to smell the roses, because Griffey figures he will have to hold his nose. “My favorite Yankee Stadium memory?” the Reds slugger said last night. “It’s leaving Yankee Stadium.” Griffey is no fan of history, and no fan of the Yankees since Billy Martin, who has been dead for 17 years, yelled at a young Griffey while his dad, Ken Sr., was a member of the ...

Griffey is no fan of Yankee Stadium
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — There were two articles this morning about Griffey's lack of appreciation for one of baseball's most historic stadiums. Here are some of the former susperstar's comments, first from the New York Post: ...

Game #75 - Cincinnati Reds @ New York Yankees
Pinstripe Alley — ... And finally, Ken Griffey Jr. still hates the Yankees and Billy Martin - a man who has been dead for 17 years.  Grow up, already. ...

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Favorite Part About Yankee Stadium Is 'Leaving'
FanHouse — ... ., apparently feels pretty similarly to New York. Or at least Yankee Stadium. Which is why the New York Post is calling him "Grumpy Griffey." ...

Griffey Jr. has his own place in the world, not obsessed with monuments belonging to a team he never played for
XM MLB Chat — NY Post: June 21, 2008 -- "Ken Griffey Jr. didn't make the walk out to Monument Park yesterday, and has no plans to do so this weekend. ...

Ken Griffey, Jr. knows how to carry a grudge.
Clubhouse Cancer — ... dugout by Billy Martin. (we here at Clubhouse Cancer can say were once yelled at by a grumpy old Bob Feller, but that’s a horse of a completely different color) However, not only was Junior yelled at by Billy Martin as a kid when his old man played for the legendary New York firebrand skipper, but he once said that he would never play for the Yankees because of it. “My favorite Yankee Stadium memory?” the Reds slugger said last night. “It’s leaving Yankee Stadium.” How awesome ...

Pettitte Sparkles as Yanks Turn Back Reds
Green Pinstripes — ... The Baby Kid.  I guess some grudges just never die.  Ken Griffey Jr. was asked about his favorite Yankee Stadium moment since this is probably his last trip to the ol' girl.  His response?  "My favorite Yankee Stadium memory? It's leaving Yankee Stadium."  Griffey has yet to forgive Billy Martin for yelling at him when his pop Ken Sr. was a member of the Yanks.  Who cares that it was Billy Martin and not the Bombers organization that wouldn't allow Junior Griffey to run on the field when he was a lad.  Or that the former ...