For those of us who grew up in the Pacific Northwest, Ken Griffey Jr. was the first transcendent star of our youth we could claim as our own. The ultimate accomplishment to go with all the numbers, awards and the fact that if not for Griffey's greatness - and the success of the franchise in 1995 - Safeco Field never gets built and baseball may have left Seattle. When Griffey takes his place in Cooperstown, he'll take the entire Northwest with him. More...