What if Ken Griffey Jr. Never Got Hurt?

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What if Ken Griffey Jr. Never Got Hurt?
Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke? found this 6/10/2008 on sports.aol.com [flag]
Tonight, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career home run . That's a great accomplishment, but it's not as great as it could be . That got me thinking a little bit. What would be happening right now if Junior stayed healthy? What September 19th, 2000- Nursing his first hamstring injury, Griffey hits a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning off of Livan Hernandez. On his way out of the park that ... [link]

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Published 6/10/2008 by Pat (noreply@blogger.com) at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
... As you probably know by now, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run last night. I used that as an opportunity to write some alternate reality stuff at FanHouse, while reader Nate sends along ...

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Published 6/11/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
Local +600 Home Runs. Ken Griffey Jr. 600 Words. Joe Posnanski. [Legit] +What if....where would Griffey be at now without the injuries? [FanGraphs] [FanHouse] +Top 10 Ken Griffey Jr. Home Runs. [Seattle Times] +Erik Bedard in Toronto? AW HELL NO! [FanNation] +Jeff Clement is tearing it up! [Prospect Insider] +City vs. Sonics: The Ground Rules [The News Tribune] +Seattle Draft Pick Lawrence Jackson got his jersey retired yesterday. [LA Times] ...

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