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Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB HOF)

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jlb1705 said:
Hat backwards on his plaque or GTFO.
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Seattle is going all out to honor its player wearing a Mariners cap insignia on a Hall of Fame plaque.

"I played 13 seasons here. I did most of my damage here. I was drafted here. It's the right thing to do," Griffey said of choosing to go in as a Mariner. He spent most of the second half of his career in Cincinnati, where he grew up, and finished with Seattle.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/seattle-mariners-retiring-ken-griffey-jr-number-010816

I guess it is not a surprise; but he's not going into "the hall" as a Red.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
I guess it is not a surprise; but he's not going into "the hall" as a Red.
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Nor should he - his 1st 11 years as a Mariner were as good a run as anyone could have expected, multiple seasons of 20+ homers (usually a lot more than 20) and 15+ Stolen bases, gold gloves every single year, he hit for a high average and unlike most middle of the order guys, he was also a run scoring machine along with being an RBI machine.

He honestly would have spent his entire career with the Mariners, but the economics of baseball at the time wouldn't allow it and usually doesn't allow it now unless you're with one of the rich teams (which Seattle is not)....
 
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Mike80 said:
He honestly would have spent his entire career with the Mariners, but the economics of baseball at the time wouldn't allow it and usually doesn't allow it now unless you're with one of the rich teams (which Seattle is not)....
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The economics of baseball are not why Junior left Seattle. At a time when he could have been the highest paid player in baseball, he instead accepted far less than market value to come home to Cincinnati.
 
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