<P> On July 30, Griffey hit his 608th career home run in his last game for the Reds . </P> <P> Griffey was criticized by some for his effort during his stint with the Reds . Gregg Doyel had this to say of the years Griffey was with the Reds in comparison to the 2010 Reds team . "It's a different Reds team than the older, beer - bellied softball teams of recent years . Those Reds were Ken Griffey and Adam Dunn lounging on the clubhouse's leather couches, hitting home runs, misplaying balls in the outfield and thinking they had it all figured out, when all they knew how to do was lose ." </P> <P> On July 31, 2008, at the MLB trade deadline, Griffey was traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for pitcher Nick Masset and infielder Danny Richar, ending his nine - year tenure in Cincinnati . In his first game with the White Sox, he went 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs, a walk, and a run . </P> <P> On August 20, 2008, Griffey hit his first home run as a member of the White Sox, off of the Mariners' R.A. Dickey, which moved him into a tie with former outfielder Sammy Sosa for 5th place in career home runs . He surpassed Sosa on September 23, with one off Minnesota's Matt Guerrier . </P>

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