Ken Grifey Jr....Suicide Attempt?

[ballerskrip]

I had no clue that Griffey tried to kill himself.....I have always been a griffey fan, I must have had my head buried in the sand.

"In January 1988, Griffey, at the age of 17, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing 227 aspirin pills but wound up in intensive care in Providence Hospital in Mount Airy, Ohio. Griffey being the #1 overall pick in baseball's amateur draft, the son of a great baseball player and everything that comes with being a professional athlete proved to be too much for Griffey. He stated, "It seemed like everyone was yelling at me in baseball, then I came home and everyone was yelling at me there," Griffey recalled. "I got depressed. I got angry. I didn't want to live."

 

[blitzerlover]

I had no idea. Where did you find that?

 

[Card Magnet]

I never knew that either. That's a bigger shocker to me than Agassi saying he hated tennis and did meth.

 

[Pine Tar]

Seems the Griff is writing a tell all book since this my be his last season
well the season passed. man that is crazy but did not shock me seems
it is tough to live up to your parents expectations, I'm gald that is the only thing
he di not succeed at in his life.

 

[ballerskrip]

well, I know it is NOT the most credible source in the world, but it is on his wikipedia page. Which has a TON of information by the way.

 

[THREADKILLER-crohrer]

Man I feel old hearing this story again. I remember when the news was 1st released. Thank God for stomach pumping!!!

 

[trademhigh]

Wasn't that widely covered by news programs? I vividly remember something like this occurring.

 

[jeff550]

wow i never knew that. good to know though

 

[ballerskrip]

Wasn't that widely covered by news programs? I vividly remember something like this occurring.

Well, i would have been 8 years old at that point, but i am still really surprised that I have never heard this before.....

 

[Card Magnet]

Wasn't that widely covered by news programs? I vividly remember something like this occurring.

Well, i would have been 8 years old at that point, but i am still really surprised that I have never heard this before.....

In 88...hmm...1 year old here. :lol:

 

[trademhigh]

Wasn't that widely covered by news programs? I vividly remember something like this occurring.

Well, i would have been 8 years old at that point, but i am still really surprised that I have never heard this before.....

In 88...hmm...1 year old here. :lol:

I wasn't alive in 88. I just remember this being talked about a lot when I started following baseball.

 

[jeff550]

no wonder i dont remember. i wasnt born yet

 

[Daltonb1219]

hmm never knew this either

 

[Johnny G]

I read it in a few other places other than wikipedia.

 

[caseya10781]

I actually just found that out myself recently. I think I saw it from a link posted here.

Casey

 

[jetsrule4]

227 aspirin pills= very dead, very very very dead
your body wouldnt know what to do with that amount of drug everything would go out of whack including that sorta important thing we call a heart

 

[schmidtfan20]

what you also didn't know is he tried it again in 2003, swallowing 430 crusade insert cards.

 

[justinmandawg]

He'd have been on dialysis if he took that much and there was any real time for digestion.

even if it were 5 grains x 227 pills = around 2.5 ounces (73.78 grams of aspirin) would be tough to counteract unless you had the charcoal ready and had a hemodialysis port ready to go.

 

[stlalways94]

I have read about this in the past. As stated before, thank goodness he didn't succeed at that particular feat!

 

[Fandruw25]

Didn't know this....Outside of the OP citing pressure, wonder what made him want to do it. I feel pressure is a pretty ****** excuse to end it all.