Where’s the Ken Griffey Jr. Countdown to 600?

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In Case You Haven't Noticed, Ken Griffey's About to Hit a Pretty Big Milestone
Published 4/24/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... to laud his accomplishments at this point in time? The worst thing you could ever say about Griffey is that he used too much nerve tonic and that he spoiled the world from the first 12-year old World Series winning manager and both of those things are fictional. It'd be nice if one iota of the time spent planning an ambush of a player with his birth certificate or covering everything Barry Bonds ever did was spent giving Griffey one last spin in the spotlight. (H/T The Big Lead)   Permalink | Email this ...

Griffey Clowns Little Person
Published 5/27/2008 by Hotdog at Hotdog & Friends
... Coming out in the first inning of Saturday’s Reds-Padres game in San Diego, none other than Ken Griffey Jr. found himself the victim of some ribbing by a mulleted midget in the right-field stands (no photo, unfortunately). Griff, ever the jokester, responded with a world-class clowning - at one point dropping to his knees and doing a midget walk all around right field. Sadly, we didn’t see Griff’s 600th homer - he is still stuck on 598. The guys at the Big Lead are wondering why no one is counting  down 600 and Larry Stone says the Reds want to see it happen ...