Steelers receiver Trey Griffey has been asked a million times why he plays
football instead of baseball.
The son of Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and grandson of three-time
MLB All-Star Ken Griffey
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says his reason for playing football instead of baseball is simple: He likes it
better. And his dad was the first to realize that his son was better suited for
trying to make it on his own as an athlete, rather than demanding that he go
into the family business.
¡°Everybody has a love for something . . . and I have a love for football,¡±
Trey told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. ¡°Me and my dad talked about it
and he said, ¡®You have a love for football, and I could see that from a young
age. I¡¯ll always support you.¡¯ He was never like, ¡®You have to play baseball.¡¯
He was a father, supporting his son with whatever choice I was making and
leading me down the right path.¡±
So far, Trey Griffey hasn¡¯t made his mark in the NFL. He played his college
football at Arizona and went undrafted last year, and although he spent time on
the rosters of the Colts and Dolphins in the offseason, he was out of the league
for the entire 2017 season. In January the Steelers picked him up, however, and
now he¡¯s trying to make the roster in Pittsburgh.
Trey Griffey will have to surprise a lot of people to make the Steelers¡¯
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him, and urging him to put in the work necessary to make it in the sport he
loves.
¡°My dad always told me, ¡®I want to be known as Trey Griffey¡¯s dad. I had my
time when I was playing.¡¯ That¡¯s something that, when you hear that from your
dad, you¡¯re like, ¡®Wow.¡¯ With his track record, all of the awards and going to
the Hall of Fame, for him to say something like that is amazing,¡± Trey Griffey
said.
Sounds like Trey has a dad who¡¯s proud of him for following his dream,
whether he makes the Steelers or not.
With apologies to Little Orphan Annie, the sun¡¯ll come out today.
Considering the month the Kansas City Royals just went through, and that
they¡¯re currently in often-overcast
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No team in baseball will be happier to flip the calendar than the Royals, who
are coming off the worst June in their 50-year history.
¡°I¡¯m ready to turn the page and start over in July,¡± Royals manager Ned Yost
told The Kansas City Star. ¡°It¡¯s just kind of a reset. We¡¯re out of there, it¡¯s
done; it¡¯s behind us. Let¡¯s go on to July and see what happens.¡±
How bad was June?
The Royals went 5-21, tied for their fewest wins in the month (and that came
in 1981, when they went 5-5 as the season was interrupted by a work
stoppage).
They scored four or fewer runs in all but two games, including 21 of the past
22, and never won back-to-back games.
Kansas City scored a major league low 58 runs in the month, 29 fewer than
runner-up Tampa Bay (87).
They batted .193 (162-for-839), the worst month in franchise history (the
1992 Royals hit .207 in April), and had 10 hits in a game just once.
¡°It¡¯s not frustration,¡± Yost told MLB.com of his club¡¯s rough June.
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anything like it. I¡¯ve never seen an offensive drought like we¡¯ve had all month
long. It¡¯s pretty puzzling. There¡¯s no answer for it.¡±
One of the few bright spots for the Royals was the performance of rookie
right-hander Brad Keller (2-2, 2.25 ERA), who is scheduled to face Mariners
left-hander James Paxton (7-2, 3.65) in the series finale Sunday afternoon at
Safeco Field.
In his last outing Monday, Keller pitched seven innings, allowed just two
hits and struck out six in a 2-0 victory against the Angels, getting his first
win as a starter.
The Angels hit just one ball out of the infield against Keller and never got
a runner past first base.
¡°It was pretty super-duper,¡± Yost said. ¡°Just banging strikes, on the attack,
everything that you want. Just a great pitching performance. Never was in any
real trouble and had the game in total control.¡±
Keller became just the second Royals starter to throw at least seven shutout
innings while allowing two or fewer hits within his first five major league
starts. The other was Mel Stottlemyre Jr. (now the Mariners pitching coach) in
1990.
¡°I was able to keep the ball down, keep them off-balance,¡± Keller said after
his last start. ¡°Slider felt really good and made some adjustments in the
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Paxton, who is 2-0 with a 2.54 ERA in five career starts against Kansas City,
will be facing the Royals for the second time this season. He didn¡¯t get a
decision in a 4-2 Seattle road victory on April 11, allowing two runs on six
hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out 10.
Paxton had nearly identical statistics in his last start Tuesday in
Baltimore, allowing two runs on six hits in seven innings with one walk and 10
strikeouts in a 3-2 victory.
¡°(Paxton) came right after them, right out of the chute,¡± Mariners manager
Scott Servais said. ¡°I thought he was
outstanding.¡±
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