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Two years is too early to judge Griffey deal. (Insider: baseball).
When Mike Cameron and Ken Griffey Jr. switched teams in February 2000, it was easy to imagine one of those center fielders winning a Gold Glove, making an All-Star team and appearing in two straight League Championship Series. It was even possible to imagine one of them hitting four home runs in a game. It just wasn't possible to imagine that Cameron--and not Griffey--would be that player.
The five-player Griffey-Cameron trade serves as a lesson for every credit-grabbing general manager, every self-righteous statistical expert, every blathering talk-show caller and, yes, every know-it-all columnist. Baseball remains the most difficult sport to decipher, a mystery ...
- CAMERON, TOMKO GLAD TO BE MARINERS TRADED FOR GRIFFEY, EX-REDS HOPE TO WIN OVER...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Saperstein, Aliya February 12, 2000 700+ words
...Mariners for Ken Griffey Jr. When that...talks went dead, Cameron remained on pins...got traded for Griffey.'' Tomko and Cameron anticipate less...the thousands of Griffey fans. . . . But...like that,'' Cameron added. ``We...
- Cameron finds home in Seattle Mariners fans form bond with player traded for...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Miles, Bruce October 6, 2000 700+ words
...a moment, that Cameron replaced Ken Griffey Jr. this year...once. They traded Griffey to the Cincinnati Reds last spring for Cameron, pitcher Brett...man who replaced Griffey. Piniella did his best to keep Cameron from thinking that...
- CENTER OF ATTENTION CAMERON CONFRONTS SPECTER OF GRIFFEY.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Hickey, John March 2, 2000 700+ words
...the deal that sent Ken Griffey Jr. to Cincinnati, Cameron is, in the words of another...throw and catch. But Mike Cameron is not Griffey, and that's going to...would like to see the Cameron vs. Griffey thing go the way of the...
- GRIFFEY DEAL WAS NOT STEAL TOO EARLY FOR TRADE VERDICT.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) May 9, 2002 700+ words
...The Sporting News When Mike Cameron and Ken Griffey Jr. switched teams in February...possible to imagine that Cameron - and not Griffey - would be that player. The five-player Griffey- Cameron trade serves as a lesson...
- THE GRIFFEY TRADE.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) February 10, 2005 700+ words
...sending superstar Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Mike Cameron, pitcher Brett Tomko...that got traded for Griffey." - MIKE CAMERON, Reds outfielder...four players traded for Griffey "I didn't know what...
- MOELLER COACH REMEMBERS HOW GRIFFEY SHINED AS TEEN.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Wheeler, Lonnie February 11, 2000 700+ words
...Cameron said. Actually, Cameron had seen better catches than that from Griffey when the all-century center...League. Like Joe Hayden, Griffey's summer coach with the Midland Redskins, Cameron once saw Griffey catch a fly ball without...
- Reds aren't crowing about Griffey trade now.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Stone, Larry February 20, 2003 700+ words
...honesty. When it comes to Griffey's three seasons in Cincinnati...fault. He got hurt. Mike Cameron has out-performed him...Mariners to obtain the sainted Griffey for fellow center fielder Mike Cameron, pitcher Brett Tomko, shortstop...
- LARKIN SAYS GRIFFEY EAGER TO JOIN REDS.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) January 29, 2000 700+ words
...propose possible deals for Griffey. He called Pokey Reese, Sean Casey and Mike Cameron ''untouchable'' but...Reyes-Young deal for Griffey as the best entry...he envisions switching Cameron from center field to right field should Griffey be acquired. But he...