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Ken Griffey Jr. goes to Washington, makes us all feel older

sports.yahoo.com — Once derided by baseball's old guard for doing things like wearing his hat backward, blowing bubblegum bubbles and endorsing video games, The Kid outgrew all of that to become not only an elder statesman of the sport but of the entire country.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 22, 2008

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  • rockon4life45, on 11/21/2008, -1/+29Ken Griffey Jr. really deserves a World Series if you ask me, also more MVPs, the fact that he and Pedroia have the same number is a real problem.
  • AmyVernon, on 11/21/2008, -0/+21BTW, I thought I'd clicked no image. Have no idea why the wine bottles showed up.
  • Seann7656, on 11/22/2008, -0/+14As a Seattleite I thought they meant Washington State, and that he makes us feel old because he reminded us of a far off time when the Seattle Mariners were a decent team...
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+11Back in the A-Rod, Johnson, Cora, Griffey days...

    Damn, I miss the Kingdome.
  • Cofaloaf, on 11/22/2008, -0/+9Damnit Griffey, I still play your N64 game. Stop making me feel old.
  • aralls, on 11/22/2008, -0/+8It's never iffy if it's Griffey! Ok that sucked...

    Regardless, here's to one of my childhood heroes representing the honest, ethical athletes out there.

  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -2/+10He still looks pretty young, except for the mini beer gut.
  • czar0406, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7For a second there I thought this story was going to be about how he signed with the Washington Nationals. Thank god that isn't the case.
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -0/+6Just be grateful that you don't measure and lament your rapidly advancing age against the life progression of Ken Griffey Senior. Anyone want to trade wacky packages?
  • Gr1nch, on 11/22/2008, -2/+6Griffey was the legitimate shot to knock off Barry Bond's HR record. BUT NOOOOO, had to get f***in' injured every other year, and then retire in his thirties like a classy guy. GOSH. Thanks JR.
  • barfooz, on 11/22/2008, -0/+4The first professional baseball game I ever went to was Mariners vs. White Sox, 1994, at the old Kingdome. Griffey and A-Rod were what got me into baseball. Ah, memories.
  • Tegurit34, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Huh? He looks nothing like he arrived in Cincinnati. I actually couldn't believe how different he looks now than when he did on MVP Baseball 2005, and that was only 3 years ago.
  • spidoman, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2And Buhner.
  • kingp, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, was one of the best SNES games. EVER.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -1/+3mmmm Lasorda Wine.

    also He is a very happy man, I'm glad the gigantism.wore off, Mr. Burns should never have given him that tonic.
  • Tegurit34, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2Junior could have been the best ever if he ever stretched, which he admitted he rarely did. When someone relies so much of their game on flexibility and they don't stretch it's just a recipe for disappointment.

    Still the reason I fell in love with baseball though.
  • Notasheeple, on 11/22/2008, -0/+2How could you leave out Edgar?
  • xanadu2113, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1As a cincinnatian, i've gotta thank griffy for coming home and giving us some good years. Too bad he never made the reds winners...and now that he's in washington, he's not going to be playing for a winner.
  • divinediva, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1I think this is a great decision!
  • Tegurit34, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1Don Mattingly was so bad ass in that episode.

    "What sideburns?"
  • Denelson83, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1Included image is incorrect. The image refers to a Yahoo! video that isn't just irrelevant to the story, but is not even playable as well.
  • Notasheeple, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1His upper deck rookie is now in the $100 dollar range for a nice copy and upwards of $600 graded in mint condition.
    I have five of them and will hold on to them because he is one of the few that you know for sure didn't juice and inflate his numbers like the other ***** that ruined 100 years of stats.
  • Shadic, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1And Dan Wilson!
  • ledsam, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1Hi, I'm Ken Griffey Jr. Let's play Major League Baseball.
  • kunal0099, on 11/23/2008, -0/+0no not really i think it gone much older than yu expect.

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