Ken Griffey Jr. isn't blasting too many homers these days -- but the Reds outfielder is in midseason form when it comes to blasting fans and media of his hometown.

After some Cincinnati fans questioned whether the trade with the Mariners for Griffey was really a good idea -- mainly by overwhelmingly picking him in a TV poll as to who should sit when he is healthy enough to play again -- Junior popped his cork.

"I get consistently beat up for no reason," he said. "It's been happening since the very first day I got here, and I'm tired of it. I took less money. I didn't whine or anything, and this is the thanks I get? I don't need that."

Page 2 understands where Griffey is coming from -- ingratitude is a painful thing to endure -- but we wondered if the shy superstar was really addressing what was bothering him. So we did a little investigating, and here's what we discovered:

Top 10 complaints Ken Griffey Jr. didn't air

10. Cincinnati only has one Starbucks ... and it's way across town.

9. Team doctor not a member of his HMO, so had to pay for medical treatment out-of-network.

8. Can't understand why Cincy media doesn't pay more attention to fascinating Jon Kitna-Gus Frerotte QB tussle in Bengals minicamp and let him rehab in peace.

7. Fans being way too demanding by expecting him to fill Mike Cameron's shoes in center field when he's only making a lousy $116.5 million for nine years.

6. Reds refuse to wear sleeveless unis for all 162 games, giving him fewer chances to show off the biceps he's developed during all those stints on the DL.

5. Clubhouse Scrabble set missing the "x" and an "s."

4. The recliner in front of his locker doesn't have "magic fingers" like the one Barry Bonds has.

3. Once actually had to pay for a meal in a Cincinnati restaurant.

2. During the standing ovation he received following his 450th career homer, there was one elderly man in section 312 who remained seated in his wheelchair.

And, finally ...

1. Everybody says that "Pulp Fiction" is such a great movie, but nobody ever points out that John Travolta gets killed by Bruce Willis -- and then shows up again in the movie, which makes absolutely no sense.