Marquis Grissom Retires

Grissom only had a breif stint with the Braves but it couldn't have come at a better time. Grissom is the type of guy teams love to have in the clubhouse. He came up through a young Montreal team that included Delino Deshields, Cliff Floyd, Jon Wetteland with an outfield of Grissom, Moises Alou, and Larry Walker all rookies in 1990. This team's best effort was cut short due to the strike in '94. Would they have won the division?
He came to Atlanta in a trade that sent Roberto Kelly, Esteban Yan, Tony Tarasco to the Expos. Grissom's two year stay in Atlanta was solid. Perhaps his best year coming in '96 where he put up .308/.349/.489 23HR 73RBI numbers. Who could forget his play in the '95 series? Better yet, Grissom was awesome the entire playoffs. We all know that after '96 Grissom and fellow Brave Dave Justice were traded to Cleveland for Allan Embree and Kenny Lofton. A move JS would surely repatch if he could go back in time. Grissom saw the series again in '97 with the Tribe but they were beat by the Marlins. After Cleveland he went to Milwaukee where I forgot he played for 3 years. The Brewers were making the jump to the National League in '98 but still would put out the same results. The Brewers later traded him to the Dodgers for Devon White where Grissom began playing CF and LF as a fourth outfielder. In 2002 Grissom was granted free agency and signed with the Giants where he would see the postseason again in 2003. Grissom's Giant days were good. He was able to reproduce the good ole Grissom numbers he had done in years past. In 2005, Grissom became injured and eventually found his role from the bench in his last season. This Spring he signed with the Chicago Cubs for a chance to make the team as a bench/fourth OF. Not seeing this in sight Grissom decided to retire. So here's my tribute to a guy that's was not only good for the game but a good person to all.