SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — They were teammates for 10 years with the Seattle Mariners.
They have been in the Baseball Hall of Fame together for nearly eight years.
The duo combined for 23 All-Star appearances. Johnson won five Cy Young awards. Griffey was an MVP.
Now, here they are, 35 years after first meeting, spending more time talking about their passion of photography than they ever did about baseball:
While Griffey is engrossed in sports photography, and is a credentialed photographer at some the biggest sporting events in the world from the Super Bowl to baseball’s recent Korea Series, Johnson has been captivated by the beauty of Africa, where he has taken breathtaking pictures from the animal kingdom to natives in villages.
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“Randy has been interested in photography for a long time,” Griffey says, “and when I saw some of his photos from his Africa trips, you can see how talented he is. He’s gone through some villages and taken some unbelievable photos of the villages, people in villages, animals, he’s captured some really positive and nice images.
“And he’s got to be the tallest photographer in the world, too.”
Indeed, you don’t see 6-foot-10 dudes walking around taking pictures in Africa, every day. Then again, you don’t see photographers on football sidelines who have 630 home runs on their resume, either.
The two of them, who have discussed venturing on an African trip together one…
