Ken Griffey Jr breaks his hand....

[Mecca]

CINCINNATI -- Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. suffered a broken left hand during an accident at his Orlando home, the club announced on Friday.
Griffey's left hand, also his throwing hand, was placed in a hard cast. The 37-year-old will be re-evaluated in three weeks.

"We'll know more then," said Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky when asked how the injury would affect Griffey's readiness for Spring Training in February.

Krivsky and the club did not reveal details of how the 18-year veteran outfielder broke his hand. Telephone messages were left with both Griffey and his agent, Brian Goldberg.

In 109 games last season, Griffey batted .252 with 27 home runs and 72 RBIs. His 563 career home runs tie him with Reggie Jackson for 10th on the all-time list.

Injuries have been an issue for Griffey since he joined the Reds before the 2000 season. He played 145 games that year, but has not come close to that mark since.

A torn patellar tendon in his right knee limited Griffey to 70 games in 2002. He was held to only 53 games in 2003 because of season-ending surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right ankle. In 2004, a complete tear of the right hamstring was the most serious of his career and came after 83 games. He missed the final 26 games of 2005 with sprained right foot.

In 2006, a strained biceps tendon in his right knee in April put Griffey on the disabled list for a month. A dislocated right toe suffered Sept. 4 while trying to climb the outfield fence limited him to just two pinch-hit at-bats over the Reds' final 24 games.

Griffey is a 12-time All-Star, a 10-time Gold Glove winner and was the 1997 American League MVP


5 bucks says he did this jumping around his house playing the Wii and wacked his hand off some furniture......

[FAX]

Dang.

Miss USA strikes again.

FAX

[Halfcan]

He might have got drunk and punched a wall like Cadmonkey. Man that guy is brittle.

[ptlyon]

Where was Plummers dog when this occurred?

[Deberg_1990]

If this guy wasnt so brittle, he would have shattered the Home Run record and done it fairly.

Unlike some other players.

[FAX]

Speaking of hand overuse, there's a great X-files on the Sci-Fi channel. Toads are raining from the sky!

Gillian is wearing a black suit with a nice cream shell.

FAX

[NJ Chief Fan]

its a damn shame, this guy is the best LEGIT ball player in a long time and he is constantly getting injured.

[BWillie]

Ya ya, make fun of Griffey, but if you watched you'd notice that most of his injuries come from him playing balls out like trying to dive at the centerfield wall to catch a ball.

[Demonpenz]

or doing something spetactular like trying to tag up!