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Welcome to Donora, Pa.: The unlikely intersection of The Kid and Stan The Man

While planning a visit to his birthplace in preparation for the upcoming Hall of Fame induction, I ask Ken Griffey Jr. what I should go see in Donora, Pennsylania. He smiles.

"You're not gonna see much."

Granted, Donora isn't San Francisco or Paris, nor as pretty as Junior's swing. But there are things to see and know about this former steel town nicknamed "The Home of Champions."

Not only was Junior born here, so was his father, Ken Griffey Sr., who was a star athlete at Donora High School. As was Junior's grandfather, Buddy Griffey, who was a teammate there with .