Ken Griffey, Jr.

great Willie Mays can match Ken Griffey Jr. in these statistical categories. However, despite these extraordinary stats, Ken Griffey Jr. may be the ultimate “What Could Have Been” player. An incredibly promising career was derailed in the latter half by chronic injuries that robbed him of hundreds of games. If not for these injuries, Griffey was well on his way to becoming the Home Run King (Stark, 2010) and possibly the greatest player ever. Despite these setbacks, Griffey is still revered as one of

guessed what i would become and how i would change the world of not just baseball, but also change America. Now a days i have a whole day of baseball just for me April, 15 every year. All the players now wear my number it use to be just one player Ken Griffey Jr then just a couple of teams and now all of

Several years ago, I was talking to my late grandpa who had gone to see Hall of Famer, Ken Griffey Jr. give a speech to some young children. After his speech, a dad stood up and asked “Mr. Griffey, you and I have something in common. I have been playing baseball all my life just like you. We are about the same age and we even come from the same hometown. The only difference between us is that you are a celebrated All- Star ballplayer, and I-- despite decades of hard work-- have never been able to

Case 5 : The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation Date : 10/1/08 Cinncinati Reds Baseball Team: Griffeys agent : Brian Goldberg, his negotiator for his baseball contract Jim Bowden : General manager of Team John Allen : Managing Executive, Bowdens’ Boss Car Lindner : Team majority owner Griffeys team at present : Seattle Mariners Pat Gillick : General Manager who is to trade Griffey to another team Chuck Armstrong : Team president and boss of Gillick. Roger Jongewaard : team vice president

Many major cities generate hundreds of millions of dollars per year in revenue from ticket and merchandise sales from the marketability and popularity of their professional athletes. These athletes play for teams hundreds, even thousands of miles away from their homes and families in hopes of winning a championship. They spend weeks on end away from parents, wives, and children. These athletes endure injuries far beyond what the average person would. The most healthy, fit, and talented athletes are

It was a bright hot summer day here in Little Pine First Nation, where the events took place. The chief and councillor’s had organized a fun filled day with family and friends spending it with one another. As the hot dreadful heat of the day goes by slowly the community is together as one enjoying the music blasted. The bass was pounding on my concession booth the good old country music that everyone likes. Kids are screaming, parents are cheering, cars and trucks are ramming, horses are stomping

Range. 10 Gold Gloves. 13 All Star appearances. Ken Griffey. George Kenneth Griffey Jr. was born on November 21, 1969 in Donora, Pennsylvania. Ken was a buttery smooth slugger, and a five-tool centerfielder who was one of the most iconic athletes of the 90’s. George was born to parents Ken Griffey Sr. and Alberta Griffey. Although Ken was born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Cincinnati, as his father played for the Reds when he was six years old. Ken grew up in a baseball oriented house-hold. As a

Online Communities Ken Griffey Jr. is a well-known name in the world of Major League Baseball. Before the Seattle Mariners traded Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds, he was an absolute phenomenal baseball player. Since being traded, he has been nothing but disappointment to the Reds organization. The following is a dialogue between the two members in an online community at ESPN.com. crc29: “"Asked if he's happy that he's still with Cincinnati, Griffey said, "What does it matter?

How Our American Values and History Shapes Baseball Baseball has been label as America’s pastime since before the civil war, and Opening Day kicks off the season. This is the beginning of a new season and the opportunity to accomplish your goals; this symbolizes the American dream, and the every changing society in America. Throughout this essay we’ll discuss four images that illustrate how baseball is shaped by American culture. When look at American culture there are a lot of things that come

For example, in baseball you can look at the father-son combinations of Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. and Barry and Bobby Bonds to see that a person’s heredity affects their abilities. Also, why is that two people may go through the same training regimen or study the same amount, but one has a better result than the other? Plus, some