Reds Likely To Deal Griffey And Dunn
Posted: Thu May 8, 2008 12:19 am
Going, going, gone (soon)
The Junior Era in Cincinnati, such as it is, is coming to an end. Ken Griffey Jr. would like to win a championship here, he says, but that's not going to happen. His homecoming nine years ago that brought such expectation has been full of empty promises. Griffey's career here has been nine Christmas Eves, staring at boxes beneath the tree.
There's no blame. It's not Griffey's fault he got hurt. It's not his fault the Reds lied to him when he arrived. They said they'd build a team around him. He took less-than-market money to make it easier for them. He even deferred half of that, to make it easier still. Nobody does that in baseball. The Reds built nothing.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 6/1062/SPT
The Junior Era in Cincinnati, such as it is, is coming to an end. Ken Griffey Jr. would like to win a championship here, he says, but that's not going to happen. His homecoming nine years ago that brought such expectation has been full of empty promises. Griffey's career here has been nine Christmas Eves, staring at boxes beneath the tree.
There's no blame. It's not Griffey's fault he got hurt. It's not his fault the Reds lied to him when he arrived. They said they'd build a team around him. He took less-than-market money to make it easier for them. He even deferred half of that, to make it easier still. Nobody does that in baseball. The Reds built nothing.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 6/1062/SPT