53-Year-Old Ken Griffey Jr. Smashes Homers In WBC Batting Practice, Team USA In Awe

Ken Griffey Jr.‘s still got it … The Kid stepped into the batter’s box during Team USA World Baseball Classic BP on Friday — and showed his sweet swing has not evaporated one bit with age!!!

The 53-year-old was coaxed into the cage by some of MLB’s biggest superstars down in Miami as they were prepping for their WBC game against Venezuela on Saturday … and he smashed bombs over the wall over and over again.

With his signature left-handed stroke, Griffey Jr. — who’s helping coach Team USA this year — peppered the right field seats … and check out some of the video of the scene, guys like Nolan Arenado were in awe!

In fact, almost the entire Team USA roster crowded around to get a glimpse of the legend’s swings — and each dude had a huge smile on his face with every pitch.

Of course, it probably shouldn’t be too surprising, Griffey didn’t retire that long ago — 2010 ain’t that far off — and he did hit 630 dingers in his 2,671 career games.

Then again, 53 isn’t exactly young for a baseball player!!

It’s become a bit of a theme around Major League Baseball, though, because just last week, Aaron Boone uncorked a tater to deep left field on his 50th birthday.