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Players at career crossroads: ten players who are on the mend to return to all-star status.(Cover Story)
AS THE 2004 BASEBALL SEASON unfolds, there will be watchful eyes on ten major leaguers whose careers have reached the cross-roads and are at the point of either continuing a downward fall into baseball mediocrity or returning to their former productive status.
During their careers, most players reach a point in which their capabilities are at a standstill as they seek to re-enter the ranks of the majors' elite performers or they are simply battling for survival.
In Cincinnati, the Ken Griffey, Jr. watch is now on a three-year rerun. Before coming to the Reds prior to the 2000 campaign, Griffey was heralded as the game's best player and was coming off ...
- Griffey pops No. 500.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Passan, Jeff June 21, 2004 700+ words
...afterglow of his 500th home run, Ken Griffey Jr. found some time to himself in the...feeling, man?'' "I'm all right,'' Griffey said, laughing and sighing simultaneously...the weight _ were gone. For one week Griffey carried the burden of 499 home runs...
- GRIFFEY WEARS NEW SHOES, OLD TIRING REFRAIN.(Sports)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Vecsey, Laura July 9, 1997 700+ words
...of the sneaker maker that promotes Ken Griffey Jr. better than Major League Baseball...at Jacobs Field last night. Even when Griffey doesn't hit a home run, baseball...splash. ``They felt kind of weird,'' Griffey said of the special Nikes that he wore...
- GRIFFEY RUNS FOR PRESIDENT FROM CENTER FIELD.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Spencer, Sheldon February 8, 1996 700+ words
...to a suggestion that Griffey fails the age 35 requirement for the...on the ticket to show Griffey's ``support of animal...ticket can skirt the age issue - the Moose says...speak and decide the Griffey-Moose ticket is the...
- GRIFFEY PROVIDED SEATTLE WITH 11 YEARS OF THRILLS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) February 10, 2005 700+ words
Highlights from Ken Griffey Jr.'s career with the Mariners...Oakland ace Dave Stewart in the Kingdome, Griffey swung at the second pitch and drove...double. First home run, April 10, 1989 Griffey smacked it over the left-field fence...
- GRIFFEY DOES RIGHT THING IN RESPONSE TO BOO-BIRDS.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Vecsey, Laura July 7, 1998 700+ words
...starting to act, it looked as if Ken Griffey Jr. ranked somewhere between Attila the...Cascades yesterday afternoon were for Griffey - before he did the right thing. When...workout, baseball fans at Coors Field let Griffey have it, big-time. See, Griffey said...
- GRIFFEY, M'S ON FAST TRACK TO DISASTER.(Sports)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Thiel, Art January 13, 2000 700+ words
...s most compelling sports saga: Ken Griffey Jr. Based on multiple conversations with...which is, of course, nowhere. How Griffey screwed up: The Nov. 2 statement issued by the team and Griffey has taken on a bizarre life of its own...
- GRIFFEY HERE? THE KID MUST BE DREAMING.(Sports)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Vecsey, Laura November 10, 1999 700+ words
If Ken Griffey Jr. wants to believe the door is open...Mariners, that's his prerogative. But if Griffey thinks he can stay with the team without...taking into consideration the magnitude of Griffey's history with the Mariners, the M...
- GRIFFEY'S GREATNESS WORTH CELEBRATING.(Sports)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Vecsey, Laura August 11, 2001 700+ words
...s hoping that when Griffey is elected to the Hall...played at least until age 40. He will have broken...important, here's hoping Griffey will have reinvented...Morgan to Barry Bonds. At age 31, 13 years into his major league career, Griffey has always done an exceptional...
Source: HighBeam Research, Players at career crossroads: ten players who are on the mend to...