Pretty Black Girls

I forgot how much I loved you, the Michael Jordan of Baseball. Sorry that injury slowed you down, but honestly being the third ever player to hit a home run as a teenager and in their 40s is pretty wild. I remember when you played for the Mariners. You are the single reason why fell in Love with baseball. Congrats on entering the 600 club dude.

Oh and congrats for all those things you did that I was too young to realize were as amazing as they were:

In 1993, Griffey hit a home run in eight consecutive games, tying the record held by Dale Long and Don Mattingly.

During 1997-98, he joined Babe Ruth as then the only American League players (Alex Rodriguez has joined that club) to hit 50 home runs in back-to-back seasons.

He was named to the All-Century team when he was 29 and he was named the Player of the Decade for the 1990s.

In 1999, he became the first American League player since Harmon Killebrew to lead the league in home runs three seasons in a row.