All About Ken Griffey Jr.

The backwards hat, the brilliant smile, all these residence runs — even 16 years after his final look in a MLB recreation, Ken Griffey, Jr. stays a baseball legend and family title. Now effectively into retirement after a Hall of Fame profession, Griffey is reinventing himself as a credentialed sports activities photographer at a few of the world’s largest occasions.

Griffey, 56, has spent the previous few years as an expert photographer on the sideline at occasions together with the World Baseball Classic, main golf tournaments like The Masters, NFL video games like NBC‘s Sunday Night Football, motorbike races, MLB video games (which are actually again on NBC and Peacock this season!) and even nature pictures.

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Though he’s clearly greatest recognized for his profession on the diamond, Griffey has all the time been a fan of pictures and has been capturing for years. It’s simply retirement lastly gave him the time to take that pastime extra severely as a post-playing profession.

“Because I played baseball, then I’m not allowed to do anything else? They see me as one thing; that’s not necessarily who I am,” Griffey told The New York Times. “What I’m trying to do is get better at something that I really enjoy doing. I didn’t start off in the big leagues. If you’re willing to learn and put in time, you’re going to get better.”

NBC Sports’ Photographer No. 24 particular about Ken Griffey, Jr.’s pictures profession

For sports activities followers eager to be taught extra about Griffey’s new-found profession as a sports activities photographer, take a look at the NBC Sports’ particular Photographer No. 24, premiering Sunday, April 5 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC. The present follows the journey of Griffey, who was a credentialed member of The Masters pictures pool final yr as he pursues skilled sports activities pictures.

After airing on NBC, the function will probably be out there to stream on Peacock.

About Ken Griffey, Jr.’s baseball profession

Griffey was the No.1 decide within the 1987 MLB Draft, and spent the primary decade of his profession taking part in for the Seattle Mariners from 1989-1999. He then went to play for the Chicago White Sox within the 2008 season, earlier than ending his profession again with the Mariners from 2009-2010. During that point, Griffey was some of the electrical gamers within the league, making unimaginable catches within the outfield and slugging 630 residence runs with a profession batting common of .284.

He received 10 Golden Glove Awards, seven Silver Slugger Awards, and was named a league All-Star a complete of 13 instances throughout his profession. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016, and likewise named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.