Reds 80’s Night
July 31, 2008
I attended the Cincinnati Reds v. Colorado Rockies game last week. Reds lost 5-1. Homer Bailey gave up a few hits. Junior broke up the no hitter and shutout with his 607th dong.
The real story is that it was an 80’s themed weekend at Great American Ball Park. That included watching an episode of the Cosby Show pre-game, Darth Vader chasing Gapper around the park, announcers wearing radical and bodacious threads, the players rockin’ out to kick ass music as well as having a new look. Check out the players and their throwback pictures.
ps. It was also Adam Dunn 80’s Bobble head night.
pps. Turns out, it was also the last game I saw Griffey in a Cincinnati Reds uniform. He was traded today, July 31, 2008 to the Chicago Whitesox for Nick Masset and Danny Richar. – ESPN article
Junior hits #600
June 10, 2008
Ken Griffey Jr. aka “the kid” hit his 600th homerun on Monday, June 9, 2008, becoming only the sixth player in history to reach the milestone. Reds beat the Marlins 9-4. The other five players to reach 600 are Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.
“Griffey was the youngest player in the majors — still only 19 — on April 10, 1989, when he homered off the Chicago White Sox’s Eric King on the first pitch he saw at Seattle’s Kingdome.
Homer No. 36 was one of his most satisfying. It came one batter after his father, Ken Sr., homered off California’s Kirk McCaskill on Sept. 14, 1990, an unprecedented father-and-son moment in the majors.” ESPN.com
The sweetest swing in baseball.
Congratulations Junior!
