Ken Griffey Jr.

Well, what I really wish I could write about is how Griffey is coming into the final years of his career with the Mariners. How they have won three (or maybe four) World Series titles, and The Kid is approaching Hank Aaron's home run mark in a manner that doesn't make people hate him (unlike a certain incredible baseball player in San Francisco that just doesn't do very well when he opens his mouth). However, the scene displayed to the left has become much more common for my baseball hero.

He also happened to leave our fair region for the beauty that is... Ohio. I'm sure some people like it. But I've been to Ohio, and it certainly is no match for the place I call home. And the team he went to join actually was much worse than the M's (the last two seasons notwithstanding as the Mariners have reverted to mid-1980s form). So now Griffey is ending another injury plagued season in Cincy and someone was smart enough to come up with this comical take on the whole thing. Read it because it makes the whole sad situation funny. Which is one way that we as people like to deal with disappointment. The real disappointment stems from having to convince myself that I really do think Jose Lopez is great when really he's nothing compared to what Griffey was.