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Long before there was Mike Trout, there was Ken Griffey Jr., doing things on a baseball field almost no other player could do. He hit, he ran, he defended, man he was so awesome during his peak years.

Baseball was Junior's thing. Interviews ... not so much. Behold, from earlier this week:

Yikes. There is being curt, and then there's been totally awkward and cringe-worthy on live television.