Tribute to the Smoothest

I will miss you Ken Griffey Jr. It's hard for me to believe that you are gone from baseball. You were my first favorite baseball player. My parents even bought me your Nike shoes and I wore those proudly. I spent hours in my backyard trying to bat left handed with the same beautiful uppercut swing that you carry. I could never replicate it perfectly, no one on this Earth can truly. You were bigger than the game of baseball, we all loved you. You stayed clean in a steroid-era, your records over a marvelous 20+ year career stands untainted. You are a surefire Hall-of-Famer. You will be remembered for having one of the best smiles in baseball. I will miss you Ken Griffey Jr., thank you for the memories.