Masters 2025: Ken Ballo Jr. arrives in Augusta as an accredited photographer
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Ken Ballo Jr. has showed off his exceptional baseball skills for more than two decades during his historic MLB career.
This week, the Baseball Hall of Famer has shown its photographic skills.
Ballo traveled to the Ugusta National Golf Club for the masters. But he was not just another spectator with one of the badges of the highly coveted spectators.
The legend of Seattle Mariners arrived as a credential photographer.
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Ken Ballo Jr. is located with a camera near the first Tee Box during the first round of the Masters of the Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2025, in Augusta, GA. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour through Getty Images)
Ballo Jr. has long been an interest in photography. He said he initially started taking photos like a way to see his children most often.
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“I was still playing – and I understand what my father felt to look at me play – but now, with social media, it was a bit different. Everyone is like, ‘Oh, Ken is here’,” said Pallo Jr. Morning @ the Maesters.
“My daughter literally stopped dribbling a basketball and looked at me when she was 5 years old, and I was like, ‘ok, I have to pay more attention to what is happening.’ And I thought nobody is joking with the photographer.
Ken Ballo Jr. plays a blow on the second hole during the second round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Thornblade Club on June 9, 2023, in Greer, SC (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Ballo’s athletic skills extend beyond the baseball diamond and often play golf. 13 times MLB All-Star He said he played Masters events in the past.
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Ballo has finished his prolific Baseball Career of the Big League with 630 races in the home of the regular season. While it is known above all for its two periods with the Mariners, also Ballo Jr. Cincinnati Reds Since 2000-08.
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