This has moved past comical, beyond said, and all the way up to surreal. Did you know that Ken Griffey, Jr. isn’t healthy at the moment?

The team says Griffey had the surgery on Monday in Cincinnati and was performed by Dr. Timothy Kremchek. Normal recovery time is four to six weeks.

It’s the second time in a year that Griffey has undergone surgery on his left knee. He was limited by the knee at times during the 2009 season. He had it drained on multiple occasions.

I don’t think I even need to make a joke here.  I’m usually not one for saying when an athlete should retire; if he can still make money playing a sport he loves, then good for him.  But in Griffey’s case, maybe it’s time to walk away.  He’s had like 4,000 injuries and like 50 surgeries.  When is the last time he could walk 10 feet without dislocating his pelvis?  At this rate the guy is going to be just a head with two little feet under his chin by 2014.

[ESPN]