ORLANDO, Fla. -- You know that saying, "If only I could have been a fly on the wall?" I'm pretty sure at the PGA Merchandise Show's Demo Day, I was the fly and the wall was the Nike Golf teeing area.
Former Major League Baseball stars
Ken Griffey Jr. and
Fred McGriff were there testing new clubs and hobnobbing with potential clients. Junior has a house in the Orlando area, while McGriff still resides near Tampa. Both are true golf addicts and fierce competitors when it comes to playing sports.
They'd make NFL defensive backs or the NBA's best trash talkers proud. There were challenges uttered while digs about shoe size and number of hits were volleyed back and forth like a tennis match.
Famous jazz saxophonist Michael Phillips sat in a chair inside the tent like a guy in a barbershop being entertained while thinking aloud.
"See what this game does?" Phillips said. "I don't even know where my horn is, and I ain't looking for it."
In the end, Griffey Jr. got the best of the trash talking because apparently in their first encounter, Junior beat McGriff. Afterwards I snapped a quick photo of the two of them to put on Twitter.
When Round 2 of this clash happens to occur on the golf course, I sure do hope I get to be that "fly" again.