Ken Griffey, Jr.: The Home Run Kid
By Larry Stone
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Ken Griffey, Jr. - Larry Stone
Jubilation rocked the Seattle Mariner dugout, spurred by a moment that had never happened in baseball history, and may never again. Ken Griffey Sr., a 40-year-old veteran, had hit a home run in the first inning off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill. Then his son and teammate, 20-year-old budding superstar Ken Griffey Jr., stepped to the plate against McCaskill and hit another home run. Back-to-back homers by a father and son playing for the same team!
It was a magical moment that Mariner manager Jim Lefebvre said must have been scripted in Hollywood. In the dugout, Ken Sr. pumped his fist and said, Yeah!
It was September 14, 1990, and Griffey’s teammates poured out of the dugout to high-five Jun-lor
as he crossed the plate. Young Griffey was looking for his father, who remained in the dugout, clapping his hands. After Junior descended the clubhouse steps, the two smiled at each other and embraced.
It's about time,
the senior Griffey told his son with a laugh.
The two had dreamed of this moment their entire lives. In 1987, when Junior began his professional career as the first pick in the entire amateur draft, his father told him, jokingly, that if he hurried through the Mariners⁵ farm system, he’d try to hang on so they could play together.
That reality began to take form in late August 1990, when Griffey Sr., playing in his 18th major-league season, was released by the Cincinnati Reds and signed by the Mariners. On August 31, they played their first game together, becoming the only father and son ever to play together on the same team. The previous season, Junior’s rookie year, they had become the first father-son combination to be active in the major leagues at the same time.
Before their first game together, against Kansas City at Seattle’s Kingdome, Junior told the family’s agent, Brian Goldberg, It’s really going to be weird tonight, playing with my dad.
Later, Goldberg drove to the park separately with Senior, who said, You know, it’s really going to be weird tonight, playing with my son.
It was weird, and highly emotional. Griffey Sr. started in left, Junior in center.
Ken and his dad played together for the first time professionally on August 31, 1990. (AP/Wide World Photos)
This is the highlight of my career,
Senior said. "I look over and that’s my son in center field. I can’t get used