Ken Griffey Jr. elected IT IS HIGH All-Time Yankee opponent in centerfield

Over his 22-year career, Ken Griffey Jr. played 133 games against the Yankees, roughly one regular season. 

Over that mythical year, he hit 36 HRs, drove in 102 runs, stole 14 bases and batted .311. He was intentionally walked 11 times, and he scored 101 times. Basically, he killed us.

Only two other teams - Cleveland and Minnesota - surrendered more HRs. (By the way, his lifetime MLB career batting average: .284.) 

He deserves to be the all-time IT IS HIGH Yankee killer in center field. 

The final tally: 

Ken Griffey Jr. (78 votes): 31%
Kirby Pucket (34): 13%
Mike Trout (32): 13%
Fred Lynn (31): 12%
Jim Edmonds (29): 12%
Amos Otis (18): 7%
Johnny Damon (15): 6%
Jacoby Ellsbury (8): 3%
Willie Wilson (7): 3%

He shoulda been a Yankee. After all, his dad played five years for us, hitting 45 HRs and .285. Maybe if Buck Showalter hadn't complained about the kid wearing his ball cap backwards, Junior would have spared us a little. 

But in fact, there was never a chance of the Yankees drafting Junior - the first selection in the 1987 draft, by Seattle. (The Pirates, picking second, took Mike Merchant, and the Twins then chose Willie Banks.) The Yankees had no first or second round picks, having squandered everything to finish second in the AL East the previous year. Thus, over the first 58 selections, we watched the White Sox take Jack McDowell (5th), the Royals Kevin Appier (9th), the Expos Delino Deshields (12th), the Reds Jack Armstrong (18th), the Astros Craig Biggio (22nd), the Tigers Travis Fryman (30th), the Indians Albert Belle (47th) and the Jays Dereck Bell (49th.)

The Yankees that year drafted Dave "No Man Is An" Eiland in the seventh round. Later, they picked Gerald "Ice" Williams. Basically, it was a blowout, and we were on our way to the first pick in the 1991 draft (which we would squander on Brien Taylor, but that's another story, right?)

Next up: Right field. Nominees?