(AP) PANAMA CITY, Panama: Ken Griffey Jr. will give baseball clinics for children during a visit to Panama next month in his new role as American Public Diplomacy Envoy. U.S. Embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall says the star outfielder will be in Panama for five or six days. The exact date has not been set. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice introduced Griffey as a public diplomacy envoy last month. The 39-year-old is fifth on the career home run list with 611. He played for Cincinnati and the Chicago White Sox last season, and later filed for free agency. His father, Ken Griffey Sr., befriended Panamanian Omar Moreno when the two played in the majors. The younger Griffey will give one clinic at an academy directed by Moreno.

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