Ken Griffey Jr Joins the 600 Homerun Club
Written by Jay on June 11, 2008 – -
Ken Griffey Jr, the man with the sweetest baseball swing in history, becomes the sixth player in history to reach the 600 homerun mark.
If you know me, you should know I’m a huge Ken Griffey Jr fan (I mean, there’s a reason why I added him to my header). And yes, like many others, I get a little disappointed by all the injuries he was faced with. On the other hand, he has always played the game the way it should be played, at 110 percent and simply to have fun.
Even with all those injury-plagued seasons, he’s still considered one of the greatest overall players (notice how I didn’t say ‘hitter’) to have played the game of baseball.
Just look at his career highlights and it speaks for itself. He has an American League MVP (1997) under his belt, he is 6th on the all-time homerun list (soon to be 5th, currently 9 homeruns behind Sammy Sosa), recently hit his 600th homerun and he has 10 Gold Glove awards for defensive excellence for 10 consecutive seasons. Not to mention he’s been to the all-star game 13 times as well as meaning named to the all-century team while he was with the Mariners.
This sure hall-of-famer might not become the all-time homerun king (I’m keeping my fingers crossed though), but at the same time, he won’t have an asterisk next to his name for being tied to controversies. Unlike Barry Bonds, who was said to have used steroids and is currently on trial, and Sammy Sosa, who was also tied to steroid usage and corked bats, Griffey was never linked to anything on those lines.
With all these accomplishments that he continues to add to his resume, there’s only one thing he’s missing – a World Series ring.
It’s unlikely he will get that with the Reds, but one can only hope, right? I know I will be cheering for him.
In my eyes, Ken Griffey Jr is the greatest player of all-time with the sweetest swing in history. He may not have lived up to the expectations from the media, but not many can achieve the accomplishments he has.
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