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American Prodigy: Becoming Great

S2 Ep. 3: Do Your Thing

American Prodigy: Becoming Great

Blue Wire

Sports

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In 1999, Griffey was in the prime of his career with the Mariners. Yet, instead of playing out his last season, he turned down an extension, requested a trade, and was shipped to the Cincinnati Reds. Was Ken giving up on Seattle? Or was he truly looking to have a homecoming both on and off the diamond? Presented by Coors Light Brought to you by Roman: getroman.com/prodigy American Prodigy listeners! We want to learn more about you! Please fill out this quick survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I just remember thinking to myself, Lifetime Mariner, a no way can go leave.

0:35.0

I mean, I know he's talked about it with us privately, you know, a few times about going,

0:40.0

man, if they don't, then I'm gonna kind of thing.

0:43.0

And I remember some of the whispers of what the numbers could possibly be

0:50.0

if he ended up staying in Seattle and, you know, the numbers was, was, was unheard of,

0:55.0

you know, kind of at that time.

0:57.0

As the 1999 season ended, Juniors headed into the last year of his contract with Seattle.

1:02.0

And the Mariners weren't in the playoffs.

1:04.0

Griffey was coming off his 10th straight All-Star season

1:07.0

and his 10th straight Golden Glove.

1:09.0

But the Mariners were coming off back-to-back below 500 seasons

1:13.0

and they hadn't sniffed the playoffs since 97.

1:20.0

At the time, the Griffey's lived in Orlando, Florida in the off season.

1:24.0

And Ken's oldest son, Trey, was five years old, and he was about to start school.

1:28.0

The small time that Ken got to spend with his kids during the season was about to get smaller.

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That year, as October came around, the Yankees and Braves had made their way to the 1999 World Series.

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