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About the Author - CriticalFanatic
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Somehow remain a passionate sports fan despite living and dying with the Chicago Cubs and Michigan State athletics. Born in California, grew up in Michigan and went to college at Miami U (Ohio). All of which have shaped my sports fandom. Also a featured blogger and editor of this fine website you might have heard about called FanIQ.
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Greg Maddux and Ken Griffey Jr. Milestones
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Accomplishing Outstanding Feats the Natural Way Goes Unnoticed
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Friday night Greg Maddux accomplished a feat that will likely NEVER be repeated again in Major League baseball history. Ken Griffey Jr. will reach 600 HR's in the next couple weeks (hopefully), a feat that only five other players in Major League history have accomplished, two of which were heavily juiced. Where are the Sunday Conversations, the live at-bat look-ins, the daily attention to these legends?
What Roger Clemens ate for breakfast or who he slept with last year gets more pub these days that the best pitcher of our era reaching a major milestone. Just because Mad Dog was ho-hum about his 350th, doesn't mean we need to be. Maddux sits at 9th on the all-time wins list but in the modern era he trails only Warren Spahn (363 wins from 1942-1965) and Roger Clemens (354 from 1984-2007).
I respect Greg for not being an attention whore about this, but still, he deserves a parade, a day on the baseball calendar honoring him and every other honor we can hand out.
Ken Griffey Jr. will always hold the title of best home run hitter during my lifetime. It's scary to think how many HR's he may have hit with some assistance to stay healthy like another left handed slugger. You'd hardly know that Junior was just three away from 600 unless you followed the Reds on a daily basis. All three of you.
After Barry Bonds 24/7 last summer, maybe we're exhausted with the hub-bub of the home run. I know I've felt that way. But that doesn't mean we ignore the one player who's gone about it the right way. Griff is the one who deserves live break-ins to every at-bat and all that absurdity.
Like Maddux, he's not asking for it, but for the sake of younger baseball fans learning the game I hope these guys don't go unnoticed. These are the two worth emulating.
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