Some baseball memories just stick with you, regardless of your rooting interest. The night Ken Griffey Jr. and his dad hit back-to-back home runs against the Angels is one of those moments for me.
I was neither a Mariners nor an Angels fan, but I was watching the Friday night game on Sept. 14, 1990, when Griffey Sr. hit a blast to left-center for a solo homer. Knowing Griffey Jr. was due up next, I remember thinking it would be cool if "The Kid" also went deep. The thought had barely left my mind when Junior made MLB history — still the only time a dad and his son have hit back-to-back home runs.
Cool then, cool now.
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As a father, I know the pride Griffey Sr. must've felt watching his son's homer. The younger Griffey was already a star at 20 years old, but little did his dad know — or maybe he did — the career that was about to unfold for his son. That homer on Sept. 14, 1990, was one of 630 Junior would hit in a 22-year career on his way to the Hall of Fame.
By comparison, Griffey Sr. hit just 152 home runs in his 19-year career. You might say the Griffey "sequel" was an improvement over the original. But that's just what any parent would want.
