On a positive note, the home run chase between Sosa, McGwire and Ken Griffey, Jr. helped professional baseball to bring in a new crop of fans as well as bringing back some fans who had been disillusioned by the 1994 strike.

The gesture was originally the idea of outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr., who sought Rachel Robinson's permission to wear the number.

On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.

On August 22, 2007, as part of the Golden Anniversary of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Clemente was selected to the All-Time Rawlings Gold Glove Team, joining his onetime mentor, Willie Mays, and his indirect disciple, Ken Griffey Jr .,.

In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.

The game-winning hit in Game 5, in which Edgar Martinez drove home Ken Griffey, Jr. to win the game in the 11th inning, clinched a series win for the Mariners, and has since become an iconic moment in team history.

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The players and languages featured were Ken Griffey Jr. ( English ), Alex Rodriguez ( Spanish ), Chan Ho Park ( Korean ), Kazuhiro Sasaki ( Japanese ), Graeme Lloyd ( English, with an Australian accent ), Eric Gagne ( French ), Andruw Jones ( Dutch ), John Franco ( Italian ), Ivan Rodriguez ( Spanish ), and Mark McGwire ( English ).

* November 21 – Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player

George Kenneth " Ken " Griffey, Jr. ( born November 21, 1969 ), nicknamed " Junior " and " The Kid ", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for three teams ( 1989 – 2010 ).

Considered a five-tool player for much of a career, the Associated Press noted after his retirement: " In his prime, Ken Griffey Jr. was unanimously considered the best player in baseball.

He is the son of former MLB player Ken Griffey, Sr.

His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where father Ken Griffey, Sr. played for the Cincinnati Reds when Jr. was six.

One of Ken Griffey, Jr. signature sneakers, the Nike Air Griffey Max.

Griffey may have escalated it by saying that he would never play for the Yankees, because the Yankees allegedly treated his father, Ken Griffey Sr. badly.

The play also inspired the title of the video game Ken Griffey, Jr .' s Winning Run for the Super Nintendo.

On July 16, 2007, Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 587th home run to pass Frank Robinson for 6th place on the all-time home run list.

In 1987, Mattingly tied Dale Long's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games ( record later tied again by Ken Griffey, Jr., of Seattle in 1993 ), as well as stroking an extra base hit in ten consecutive games.

Hall of Famer Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals and baseball greats Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr., orthodox metropolitan Vladimir ( Nagosky ) were all born in Donora.

The young talent joined holdovers from the Landry era such as wide receiver Michael Irvin, guard Nate Newton, linebacker Ken Norton Jr., and offensive lineman Mark Tuinei, defensive lineman Jim Jeffcoat, and veteran pickups such as tight end Jay Novacek and defensive end Charles Haley.

The two conference title games led to a hot bidding war between the clubs for players ; the Niners signed cornerback Deion Sanders from the Atlanta Falcons and also signed linebacker Ken Norton, Jr. from the Cowboys ; they defeated the Cowboys 21-14 in the 1994 regular season and then hosted the Cowboys in that year's Conference title game, with the Cowboys now coached by Barry Switzer ; the 49ers raced to a 21-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first quarter and won 38-28 en route to Super Bowl XXIX.

Linebacker Ken Norton Jr., one of the few holdovers from Landry's last losing seasons, would later claim that he would often go into a player huddle and meet new teammates for the first time.

On Buffalo's next drive, linebacker Ken Norton, Jr. hit Kelly, re-injuring the quarterback's knee that he sprained earlier in the season, and playoff hero Frank Reich took Kelly's place.

The Cowboys ' defense was anchored by such Pro Bowlers as lineman Russell Maryland, linebacker Ken Norton Jr., along with defensive backs Thomas Everett and Kevin Smith, who picked off 6 passes during the season.

Among the players signed were defensive lineman Richard Dent ( the MVP of Super Bowl XX ), Charles Mann, and Rickey Jackson, linebackers Ken Norton Jr. and Gary Plummer, and cornerback Deion Sanders.

Ken Norton, Jr. became the first player to win three straight Super Bowls, although as a member of two different teams.

Others from Hope include former White House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty ; attorney Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. ( 1945 – 1993 ); former Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor David L. Armstrong ; Gary Dee ; former Arkansas Secretary of State Kelly Bryant, PGA golfer Ken Duke, actress / vocalist Ketty Lester, and actress Melinda Dillon.

Phil Esposito initially attempted to recreate the mystique from the powerhouse Bruins of the 70s ; he hired former linemate Wayne Cashman as an assistant coach, former Bruin trainer John " Frosty " Forristal as the team's trainer, and the inaugural team photo has him flanked by Cashman and player Ken Hodge, Jr., son of his other Bruins ' linemate.

In the United States, writers Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey owe an obvious debt to the author of Voyage au bout de la nuit.

* Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey.

* Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey.

Another yearly gathering was the now defunct, or at least temporarily so, The Great Big International Drag King Show in Washington, D. C., created by Ken Vegas, who is also founder of the DC Kings

, the Mayor of Lindenwold Borough is Richard E. Roach Jr. Members of the Lindenwold Borough Council are Council President Cheryle Randolph-Sharpe, Ken Balmer, William J. Dougherty, Wayne Hans, Justin M. Jackson Jr., Joseph C. Strippoli.

and finally S., enters the sea at St Mary's Isle below Kirkcudbright, its length being nearly 36 miles ( 58 km ); the Urr, rising in Loch Urr on the Dumfriesshire border, falls into the sea a few miles south of Dalbeattie 27 miles ( 43 km ) from its source ; the Ken, rising on the confines of Ayrshire, flows mainly in a southerly direction and joins the Dee at the southern end of Loch Ken after a course of 24 miles ( 39 km ) through lovely scenery ; and the Deugh which, rising on the northern flank of the Windy Standard, pursues an extraordinarily winding course of 20 miles ( 32 km ) before reaching the Ken.

Among the Yankees in attendance for the game were Billy Martin, Yogi Berra, Goose Gossage, Ken Griffey, Sr., Dave Winfield, Lou Piniella, and Willie Randolph.

In 1925, Warren A. Bechtel's sons Warren Jr., Stephen, and Ken joined him and incorporated as W. A.

In the top of the ninth, the Reds brought in the go-ahead run on a Joe Morgan single that scored Ken Griffey, Sr., winning what is regarded as one of the greatest World Series ever played.

* Gupta, R., Hobbs, P. R., Sayre, Ken.

Notable former Indians broadcasters include Tom Manning, Jack Graney ( the first ex-baseball player to become a play-by-play announcer ), Jack Corrigan ( now with the Colorado Rockies ), Jimmy Dudley who received the Ford Frick Award in 1997, Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione, Van Patrick, Joe Tait, Bruce Drennan, Jim " Mudcat " Grant, Harry Jones, Rocky Colavito and Herb Score, who called Indians ' baseball for 34 seasons.

* 1958 – Ken Lamberton, American writer, former teacher, and convicted sex offender

The main character is a normal Japanese male, Ken Kubo, living quite happily with his girlfriend Yoshiko and being a member of his college's tennis team, until he meets one of his former friends from high school, Tanaka.

In 2001, the City Council of Saratoga Springs, under the leadership of former Mayor Ken Klotz ( D ), inaugurated Solomon Northup Day as the third Saturday in July.

* Ken Shields, former head coach of the Canadian national basketball team.

U. S. District Judge Ken Hoyt believed Fastow deserved leniency for his cooperation with the prosecution in several civil and criminal trials involving former Enron employees.

The current Secretary of the Interior in Barack Obama's administration is former Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado.

One of the first subwoofers was developed during the late 1960s by Ken Kreisel, the former president of the Miller & Kreisel Sound Corporation in Los Angeles.

In July 1987, Labour MP Ken Livingstone used his maiden speech to raise the 1975 allegations of a former Army Press officer in Northern Ireland, Colin Wallace, who also alleged a plot to destabilise Wilson.

US District Judge Ken Hoyt said the 44-year-old former Enron chief financial officer had given ' exceptional ' assistance to prosecutors, had pledged to help victims and had shown remorse, and his wife had gone to prison for a year.

* Notable recent graduates of the college include: former Missouri Senator Jim Talent, Nevada Senator Chic Hecht, and former Nebraska Congressman Hal Daub ; George Zimmer, founder of Men's Wearhouse ; Avram Glazer, chairman of Manchester United ; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Ken Cooper and Hank Klibanoff ; Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate films ; actors Peter Sarsgaard ( Boys Don't Cry, An Education, Flight Plan ) and Harold Ramis ( Ghostbusters, Caddyshack ); U. S. Ambassador Sam Fox ; baseball player Dal Maxvill ; and science-show host Deanne Bell ( Design Squad ).

The Flyers hired a proven winner when they turned to former Dallas Stars and Stanley Cup – winning head coach Ken Hitchcock.

Several former MLB players have played in the league including Dennis " Oil Can " Boyd, Darryl Strawberry, Jack Morris, Pedro Guerrero, Jermaine Allensworth, Ken Harvey, Mike Caruso, Bo Hart, Leon " Bull " Durham, and Brant Brown.

* Ken Singleton ( born 1947 ), sports commentator, former professional baseball player

On November 22, Ken Hitchcock, former coach of the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers, was named the new head coach, effective the following day.

Crossrail 3, backed by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone and incumbent Boris Johnson would include a 4-kilometre underground section in new tunnels connecting London Euston station and Waterloo, connecting the West Coast Main Line corridor with services to the south.

Twenty-one half-hour episodes were produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, an animation house formed by former Hanna-Barbera head writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, from October 1980 to September 1982, when the show went off the air.