Wednesday, June 11, 2008

This KG’s pretty darn good too


In an era flooded with power hitters, and the asterisks, question marks and suspicions that follow them, Ken Griffey Jr. stands alone.
Junior, whose only career flaw has been the injury bug, hit career homer No. 600 on Monday night, becoming only the sixth player to reach the milestone.
As far was we know, and nobody can be certain in this day of never-aging, Hulk-like sluggers, Junior is clean – which is more than can be said about a couples of the other modern names on the list below.
Barry Bonds* and Sammy Sosa* have been connected to steroids on multiple occasions and Bonds heads our list of players on the WCBias All-Steroid Team.
Junior, however, hasn’t even received a vote for the team, and unlike the three above names is a sure-fire, first-ballot Hall of Famer.
In fact, the only question that looms over Griffey at this point is whether he’s legitimately the best all-around ballplayer of this generation.

600 Home Run Club
Barry Bonds* 762
Hank Aaron 755
Babe Ruth 714
Willie Mays 660
Sammy Sosa* 609
Ken Griffey Jr. 600

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