The eyes of the Ken Griffey Jr. statue are forever looking up, forever tracking another home run. When Griffey first saw the statue of his famous follow through, unveiled on Thursday in front of Safeco Field’s main entrance, Griffey thought, “Looked like me. Good extension. Eyesight was in the right spot. Looking up — not high, but I’m looking at probably 450-ish.”
As in a 450-foot home run.
Why just 450 feet?
“You don’t want to go any further than that,” Griffey explained. “Go any further than that and they expect it; 450 is right in the threshold.