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Ken Griffey Jr. dressed as his classic 1989 rookie card for Macklemore's new video

Rapper Macklemore is a well-known Seattle Mariners fan who might very well have subconsciously named himself after former Mariners utilityman Mark McLemore. And in his new video for the song Downtown, Macklemore scored an exciting cameo from one of the best athletes in Seattle sports history: Ken Griffey Jr.

Here’s Griffey, right before he catches a fish in Seattle’s Pike Place Market:

(Screengrab via YouTube.com)

(Screengrab via YouTube.com)

Look familiar?

(Upper Deck)

(Upper Deck)

(Thanks to the great Michael Katz for calling our attention to this story.)

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