Backwards K Pod Ken Griffey Jr; The Kid

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Ken Griffey Jr; The Kid

A tragic situation exists, when virtue doesn’t triumph, and it is felt when our hero is nobler, than the forces that conspire against him, and ultimately destroys him.

This week we look at the life and career of Ken Griffey Jr. A player who would usher in the 1990’s brand of Major League Baseball, and become the decade’s face of the National Pastime.

He had everything. The physical genetics, he inherited from his father. The confidence, arrogance and swagger. He transcended race, and he had a smile you could see from the last row, of the upper deck, at the Kingdome.

He seemed surely destine to be one of, if not the greatest player ever, before numerous injuries robbed him of his destiny.

Even though the fairytale has an almost tragic ending (in baseball terms), with twisting and unexpected storylines, it is still gratifying to marvel at what it he was, instead of giving in to the temptation of contemplating what he could have been.

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