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Ken Griffey Jr. put his distinctive baseball expertise on show for greater than twenty years throughout his storied MLB profession.
This week, the baseball Corridor of Famer confirmed off his images expertise.
Griffey traveled to Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership for the Masters. However he wasn’t simply one other spectator with one of many extremely coveted spectator badges.
The Seattle Mariners legend arrived as a credentialed photographer.
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Ken Griffey Jr. stands with a digicam close to the primary tee field throughout the first spherical of the Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership April 10, 2025, in Augusta, Ga. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour through Getty Photographs)
Griffey Jr. has lengthy held an curiosity in images. He stated he initially started snapping images as a solution to see his kids extra typically.
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“I was still playing — and I understand what my dad felt like coming to watch me play — but now, with social media, it was a little different. Everybody is like, ‘Oh, Ken’s here,’” Griffey Jr. instructed Mornings @ the Masters.
“My daughter literally stopped dribbling a basketball and just looked at me when she was 5, and I was like, ‘OK, I’ve got to pay more attention to what’s going on.’ And I figured nobody’s messing with the photographer. Well, let me pick it up.”
Ken Griffey Jr. performs a shot on the second gap throughout the second spherical of the BMW Charity Professional-Am at Thornblade Membership June 9, 2023, in Greer, S.C. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Photographs)
Griffey’s athletic skills lengthen past the baseball diamond, and he continuously performs golf. The 13-time MLB All-Star stated he is performed at Masters occasions prior to now.
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Griffey completed his prolific large league baseball profession with 630 regular-season dwelling runs. Whereas he’s finest identified for his two stints with the Mariners, Griffey Jr. additionally performed for the Cincinnati Reds from 2000-08.
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