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Thu May 15, 2008 12:26 pm EDT

Ken Griffey pays off his debts with thousands of pennies

By 'Duk

What a great morning to be a blogger. After a great graduation gag at Yankee Stadium and a fantastic Oriole Magic remake comes this outstanding clubhouse prank from none other than the kid they call Junior Griffey

Since he apparently owed Josh Fogg $1,500, Ken Griffey Jr. went about paying him back in the most devious way possible.

Entirely in pennies. 

According to the legendary Hal McCoy of the Daily Dayton News, Griffey paid off his debt by having 150,000 pennies — $25 to a box, 60 total cartons — stacked in Fogg's locker like it was a safe deposit box.

Even better, Griffey worked  a sponsorship into the whole affair.

From the DDN:

“I’m a man of my word,” said Griffey. “And when you owe a man $1,500, you pay him. And I’d like to thank the lovely people at National City Bank for helping me with this joke. There isn’t a whole lot you can do with pennies. Just think, each box weighs 16 pounds, so the man has 60 bowling balls in his locker.”

There are so many reasons that almost everyone is a fan of Griffey's and you can add the fact he's still having fun as he closes in on 600 homers to that long list. About the only person who might not appreciate this will probably be the guy stuck behind Fogg at Best Buy as the pitcher tries to buy a new flat screen with all those copper Abe Lincolns.

A big BLS head nod goes to C. Trent Rosecrans for the above photo (via Deadspin).

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  1. freethelizards
    1. Posted by freethelizards Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:03 pm EDT

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    1st..... Now I'm officially a dork!!!
  2. MarkB
    2. Posted by MarkB Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:00 pm EDT

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    I love it! That's hilarious, and another reason to love Griffey.
  3. Tim
    3. Posted by Tim Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:55 pm EDT

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    Loved Griffey in Seattle. Think much more of him more now!! I LOVE IT!
  4. Pete
    4. Posted by Pete Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:48 pm EDT

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    Ken Griffey I thought you had more class than that....what a shame..
  5. Pete
    5. Posted by Pete Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:48 pm EDT

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    Ken Griffey I thought you had more class than that....what a shame..
  6. Zeus
    6. Posted by Zeus Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:07 pm EDT

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    FOURTH !!!! Take those pennies to a recycling facility and sell them for more than 1cent each. IMO
  7. Matt D
    7. Posted by Matt D Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:14 pm EDT

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    thats great!
  8. Johnny Bravo
    8. Posted by Johnny Bravo Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:39 pm EDT

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    And 12th!
  9. Greg
    9. Posted by Greg Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:13 pm EDT

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    It ain't IFFY if it's GRIFFEY!
  10. kevin w
    10. Posted by kevin w Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:55 pm EDT

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    That is awesome
  11. L.
    11. Posted by L. Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:33 pm EDT

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    freethelizards - congratulations. you'll make your parents proud.
  12. Meeeeeee
    12. Posted by Meeeeeee Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:46 pm EDT

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    That's great, 13th
  13. Pamela S
    13. Posted by Pamela S Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:34 pm EDT

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    Unbelievable-get a life and loosen up! Go REDS!
  14. Mighty Mac
    14. Posted by Mighty Mac Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:26 pm EDT

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    "to unbelievable"...you are a moron...
    one of the many reasons i love junior! please don't trade'm cincy...we need him at home where he belongs(and i dont mean tampa)
  15. Phil M
    15. Posted by Phil M Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:48 pm EDT

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    Genius! I have a new way to pay me credit card bills now.....
  16. DSF
    16. Posted by DSF Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

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    Griffey that should be you sitting at 762...*sigh*
  17. bmorekid3
    17. Posted by bmorekid3 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:10 pm EDT

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    13th!!!!
  18. A Yahoo! User
    18. Posted by A Yahoo! User Thu May 15, 2008 1:54 pm EDT

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    21st!!!!!! yes!!
  19. JeffF
    19. Posted by JeffF Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:32 pm EDT

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    Not a Reds fan. Now a Griffey fan.
  20. SoS
    20. Posted by SoS Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:01 pm EDT

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    It's a joke people. A non-threatening, doesn't demean or belittle anyone, bit of fun. Anyone that has an issue with this needs to have their cranial-rectum inversion reversed ASAP.
  21. baller13zg
    21. Posted by baller13zg Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:58 pm EDT

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    That's funny.
  22. herd0ne
    22. Posted by herd0ne Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:18 pm EDT

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    Why did he owe Fogg $1500?
  23. Victor G
    23. Posted by Victor G Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:47 pm EDT

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    mad funny!

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