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 Ken Griffey Jr. "Hit It Here" Nike Commercial (video)
Ken Griffey Jr. "Hit It Here" Nike Commercial (video)
A Nike commercial starring Ken Griffey Jr. (then of the Seattle Mariners). GO MARINERS!
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Junior
Josh Q. Public —    Josh Q. Public:  I’ve got the brand new doo-doo.  Guaranteed like Yoo Hoo.  I’m on like Dr John, yea Mr Zu Zu.  I’ve got more action than my man John Woo.  And I’ve got mad hits like I was Rod Carew.  -Beastie Boys Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  600.  Finally.  Finally it has happened to me.  Right in front of my face.  My feelings can’t describe it.  Finally it has happened to me.  Right in front of my face.  And I just cannot hide it.  Finally it has happened to Ken Griffey Junior.  ...

CONGRATS KEN
Docksquad Sports — We just wanted to give a quick shout out to the Man, Ken Griffey Jr., who hit his 600th HR yesterday. We all know the man with the sweetest swing in baseball could have been the G.O.A.T. and broken the HR Record if not for all those injuries. Griff has definitely been a great guy on and off the field, and most importantly, we all know that all his HR's were clean throughout his career. We just wanted to take a quick minute and post some of Griff's most memorable videos throughout the years, so here goes... ...

Lou Adler is the coolest guy he knows.
The Sport Hump...dry and harmless — YEP-Tiger Woods again being Non-Human on the 18th green. Does this surprise anyone anymore? If Tiger Woods is not 1/2 cyborg, he is the Messiah and here come the End of Times. (Thanks via: The Idiots) NOPE- I wouldn't let Johnny Miller call my flag football game. Miller is basically an over-the-hill PGA tour pro, smug, pompus, smarmy, and has nothing to offer in terms of analysis except for random rants about his former game. He ...

Thursday 10 - Funniest MLB player commercials
EveryJoe » Baseball — Today on the Thursday 10, I’m bringing you 10 of the funniest commercials involving current and former Major League Baseball players. The commercials are in no particular order. Sit back and enjoy the show. I’ll kick things off with a commercial that wasn’t on my first list, but while watching another, it was recommended and I loved it. It’s a Dunkin’ Donuts spot with former Boston Red Sox player Johnny Damon and General Manager Theo Epstein. Damon has a secret and Epstein is reaping the benefits of knowing what it is. Take a look. The next video is one that I ...

Fideo Friday: Griffey’s Return
Hotdog & Friends — Here are a couple nostalgic moments from the Griffey of yore.

Ken Griffey Finally Fulfills ‘Hit It Here’ Prophesy
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — Remember when Ken Griffey, Jr. was the best player at baseball ever, and you were a little kid then and so you loved him irrationally? He had earrings. He wore his hat backwards whenever possible. He flew around the outfield at a rate not seen since Willie Mays. And he was in this awesome commercial, which lives on now as a nostalgic relic of our misbegotten youth: Of course you remember. Now feast your eyes on this unembeddable video from last night (grr, MLB.com), wherein Ken Griffey, Jr. fulfilled his horrifying destiny. The only difference is that instead of a fan-made sign, ...

Ken Griffey is Good at Following Instructions
The Slanch Report — During yesterday’s tilt against the Minnesota Twins, Ken Griffey Jr. went deep for the third time this year, and in the process won one lucky fan $25,000 thanks to hitting his homer into the Subway Hit it Here sign hanging in the Metrodome. Of course, Griffey has practice at this sort of thing like in this commercial from his ...

Ken Griffey Jr: A Bronx Tale
Josh Q. Public — I’ve got the brand new doo-doo.  Guaranteed like Yoo Hoo.  I’m on like Dr John, yea Mr Zu Zu.  I’ve got more action than my man John Woo.  And I’ve got mad hits like I was Rod Carew.  -Beastie Boys Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Like my main Calogero ‘C’ Anello always says, “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever.”  Last night, up in the Bronx, Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. both went yard at the new ...

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