S2 Trailer: American Prodigy: The Kid

American Prodigy: Becoming Great

Blue Wire

Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What ever happened to Ken Griffey Jr., our love for him, and our love for baseball? Seattle musician and friend of Griffey, Kid Sensation (Xola Malik), as well as producer Alex Ward, rehash the life and career of one of sports most misunderstood superstars, and examine America’s relationship with baseball, music, race, celebrity and success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Do you think Ken Griffey Jr. was a prodigy?
0:03.8	Yes, I do.
0:05.6	Welcome to the show, Ken Griffey Jr.
0:08.9	There's nobody like King Griffey Jr. He then, he was the last guy to make baseball.
0:22.9	He was in a rap.
0:24.2	He wore a Go-Chance.
0:25.4	You wanted a Ken Griffey Jr. jersey bad.
0:27.9	He used to wear his ball cap backward.
0:29.6	Yeah, like everybody does that.
0:31.5	He smiled.
0:32.4	He had a good time.
0:33.5	He loved what he was doing while he did it.
0:35.3	It was just gratifying to have somebody who was of the level of the Michael Jordan's in the sport of baseball.
0:42.5	It's so corny to say, but it's sort of like the Michael Jordan of baseball.
0:46.2	You know what I mean?
0:46.8	The easiest way for me to explain it, the Michael Jordan of baseball.
0:50.8	Do you think that's the right way to frame this show?
0:53.6	Well, I would say say this if you want to
0:57.1	absolutely run ken away from the show and participation that would probably be the fastest
1:03.4	way you could do it is by trying to make a comparison like a michael jordan why isn't he michael jordan
1:08.3	if you push and you push him in the wrong direction,
1:13.3	you might not get a result that you're real pleased with.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Blue Wire, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Blue Wire and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.