Ken Griffey Jr. kicked off a Hall of Fame summer by throwing out the first pitch in the Mariners' home opener Friday night.
The Kid is now a Hall of Famer with flecks of gray protruding from the patch of hair on his chin.
But as Ken Griffey Jr. took to the field before the Mariners’ home opener Friday night, he still thought like a player.
Speaking to reporters a few hours prior, he had said “I won’t go to the mound. … I wouldn’t want a pitcher coming in there and tearing up my batter’s box so I feel that the starting pitcher should have the first toe on the rubber to start the year.