The 2000-baseball season was one of the worst ever by the All*Star center fielder. Switching leagues is not easy especially when you were in the American League for over nine years. When Ken Griffey, Jr. first came to the Reds he was hoping that he could help out the ball club instead it was vice versa; the Reds did not even make the playoffs when in 1999 they did. But it is not all Ken's fault the Reds traded some key players' toward the end of the season. The most ironic thing about this is that as soon as Griffey leaves the Mariners, the Mariners start to win a lot more, maybe it is the curse of the Griff, as in the curse of the Bambino (you have to be a New Yorker to truly understand). The Cincinnati Reds All*Star, home run hitting, center fielder ended the 2000 season with a .271 batting average, 40 home run, 118 RBIs, 100 runs, 144 hits, 22 doubles, and 3 triples. More than likely Kenneth will not hit his 500th home run in the 2001 season but he probably would however hit his 500th in 2002. Even though he slumped off this season he is still on a very good pace to catch Hank Aaron's legendary 755-career home run record. My prediction for next year is that Griffey will do a lot better than the season he had this year, mostly because of the switch of different leagues after being in the same league for over nine years straight.