GRIFFEY LAUNCHES HALLIE'S COMETS IN PEPSI AD DEBUTING SUNDAY

          Pepsi will launch the second year of its "Joy of Cola"
     campaign during ABC's broadcast of the Academy Awards Sunday
     with four new spots via BBDO, N.Y.  A 30-second spot
     featuring Reds CF Ken Griffey Jr. opens with baseballs hit
     by Griffey landing at the feet of surfers walking on a
     beach, in a farmer's chicken coup and near a police car, and
     one knocks a cowboy off his horse.  The baseballs are all
     inscribed, "You are cordially invited to take the Pepsi
     Challenge."  At the end of the spot, Griffey, still standing
     at the plate in his Reds uniform, says, "I'm tired.  Are we
     done yet?"  Pepsi spokesperson and actress Hallie Eisenberg,
     who has been pitching to Griffey, answers, "Come on, Junior. 
     I'm just getting warmed up" (THE DAILY).