My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Ken Griffey Jr. BASEBALL LEGEND Romeo y Julieta 1875 Bully Ken Griffey Jr. finds it hard to name a favorite smoke, but he puffs quite a few Romeo y Julieta cigars from the Dominican Republic. “I like medium-bodied cigars,” he says. The native of Donora, Pennsylvania, was known as “The Kid,” an appropriate moniker for one who played baseball with extra juice in his step and a sort of perpetual joy. A manager reprimanded him for wearing his cap backward in practice, but that missed the point. The big uppercut swing, the running into outfield fences—and reaching over them to bring back home runs—all pointed to his boundless exuberance. “The Natural,” his other nick-name, captured his all-around ability; the running, fielding and hitting for power. There was pedigree, too. Ken Griffey Sr. was…

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Cigar Aficionado (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2023

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