Forget trying to figure out why he only got 99.3% of the votes. Forget trying to understand why three voters would choose not to include him in the hall. Just spend a little while this weekend remembering the sheer joy of baseball, and family, that Junior brought to our lives. This might be the best, … Continue reading Junior Goes to the Hall
Ken Griffey Jr
The outer limits of failure
There’s a lot in the press these days about Ken Griffey Junior waiting too long to retire. Should he have bowed out at the end of last year, after his teammates carried him off the field in the happiest celebration of a third-place finish in a four-team division in baseball history. Should he have called it … Continue reading The outer limits of failure
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 