The Bionic Man

by ~ February 20th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

Larry Stone talking to Dusty Baker about Junior Griffey:

He had a divot in his leg? “They told me it was infected, and oozing, and they had to wrap it up every day with tape (apparently, from a hamstring surgery that didn’t heal properly). There’s a screw or something in his elbow. He said he had something else in his wrist. That’s from playing, playing hard. That’s what he does. He might be almost 40 years old, but he’s still Junior.”

Ugh.

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  • http://www.marinercentral.com Lonnie

    Many, if not all Jr fans don’t remember all of the crashes the Kid had with the walls around the league. We remember some, but there were so many that it is nearly impossible to remember, or know, about them all.

    The one that sticks in my mind the most was when he broke his wrist. I still cringe when I see it replayed.

    Although I will never say that I played at the same level as KGJ, I can say that I played with the same level of enthusiasm. I was the guy who would come to the plate with a bit of blood dribbling down my leg or elbow. I was the guy in HS who barrelled into the catcher on a close play at the plate. I was the guy ended each and every game looking like Pig Pen.

    Gawd, I loved it. I was lucky though that I never actually did any lasting harm to my body while playing baseball. The closest thing was when I had my rt hand stepped on when I dove back into 1st base and broke two bones in the back of my hand.

    Lonnie

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    sounds tasty