At the Plate with...Ken Griffey Jr.
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Ken Griffey Jr., son of former pro ballplayer Ken Griffey Sr., has baseball in his blood. From his early years hanging out at Yankee Stadium with his father through his high school days as a baseball star, Ken Jr. was destined to bring greatness to whatever team he played for. He fulfilled his destiny by helping shape his former team, the Seattle Mariners, into division champs. In 2000, Griffey took his legendary skills and famous smile to the Cincinnati Reds to try to win a World Series with his hometown team.
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“If it was the sports that hooked you, try one of these.”
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God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional Convicted Quarterback Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports
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You Herd Me!: I'll Say It If Nobody Else Will
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Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
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The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport
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Out of Left Field: How the Mariners Made Baseball Fly in Seattle
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The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw
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We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved
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The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream