No other player invokes emotion from the hardcore baseball fans in the OneSeason Nation world like Ken Griffey Jr. EVERYONE at one point or another owned one of those ‘89 Upper Deck Rookie cards. It is a sign of the times. Griffey is 40 years old and in the twilight of his career. For many of us, thinking about Ken Griffey Jr, playing for Seattle, in his younger years, is symbolic of our glory years, of our youth. Trading baseball cards, shooting hoops, ditching homework to go to the arcade with your friends. Griffey was an absolute beast. He was the Michael Jordan of baseball. It is sad to see what injuries did to his career. Check this out.

During his 20 year career, Griffey averaged about 680 plate appearances per season. Because of injury, Griffey missed out on approximately 1700 plate appearances in his career. Griffey averaged 1 home run every 17 at bats in his career. So tack on 100 more home runs. He’d be at 717 today.

Griffey’s injuries started as Bond’s career (and size of his body) began to explode. Griffey was always an opponent of becoming huge and muscle bound. He maintained too big of muscles would reduce flexibility, and the ability to be limber, which are necessary to be a great baseball player.

So, we watch for Griffey to come to OneSeason. It might be today, it might be tomorrow, but it will be this week sometime, and it’s bittersweet for this Griffey fan. It’s great that he’s coming to OneSeason, but it also makes you think about what is going on in your life, and where the past 22 years since “The Kid” was drafted, have gone.

What are your thoughts on The Kid?

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