Ken Griffey Jr. (MLB HOF)

[MD Buckeye]

Mariners announce Ken Griffey Jr. retiring - ESPN

Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. has retired.

Manager Don Wakamatsu told reporters Griffey Wednesday afternoon. Griffey was not at Safeco Field and was not expected to attend Wednesday's game.

 

[NFBuck]

Sad the second half of his career was so plagued by injury. In his first 10-11 years, he was the best player I've seen with my two eyes.

 

[DGADBTWSOM]

Sweetest swing in baseball.

 

[Tonyank]

3 years too late IMO. agreed with all of above though!!

Rookie card is worth 5.00 woohoo

 

[Hubbard]

Rookie card is worth 5.00 woohoo

Wow really? I remember how coveted that card was..

 

[Bleed S & G]

It is not a $5 card. The Donruss card you saw on Amazon is $5 - the Upper Deck card is a nice card.

 

[osugrad21]

 

[Bucklion]

Sad the second half of his career was so plagued by injury. In his first 10-11 years, he was the best player I've seen with my two eyes.

I can probably say the same...saw him hit a homer as a rookie in Oakland against the A's...great kid, great career.

 

[Wingate1217]

One of the true greats of the game.....

 

[CentralMOBuck]

Easily my favorite player ever in baseball, despite how much injuries destroyed his second part of his career. Hopefully he stands as one of the few players who played the game right (ie never took steroids). Hopefully he is a first ballot HOF member. I'm kinda [censored]ed I never went to KC last summer to watch him play.

I assume that's from the series where they took the Yankees down, one of my all time favorite baseball memories.

 

[THEWOOD]

one of my favorite players who I grew up watching....his SNES video game was one of the best baseball games ever

 

[Hoosier Buckeye]

Jr. is a prime example of how baseball should be played. Injuries derailed a career that was going to own every major hitting record in the MLB. My favorite player of all-time and a even greater guy on and off the field.

 

[bigbluebazooka]

Jr. is a prime example of how baseball should be played. Injuries derailed a career that was going to own every major hitting record in the MLB. My favorite player of all-time and a even greater guy on and off the field.

This^^^^^^^
One of the best ive ever seen. Had the best pure swing of any baseball player i ever saw in my life. And a class act on and off the field.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Baseball Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza elected

The National Baseball Hall of Fame has two new members. Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza have both been voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, it was announced Wednesday evening.

Induction weekend will be held July 22-25 this summer, at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The induction ceremony itself will be held Sunday, July 24, at 1:30pm ET.

Griffey was elected in his first year on the ballot. He received 99.3 percent of the vote, the highest total in history. Tom Seaver was the all-time leader at 98.84 percent. Nolan Ryan (98.79 percent), Cal Ripken Jr. (98.53 percent), and Ty Cobb (98.23 percent) round out the top five.

Entire article: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...f-fame-ken-griffey-jr-and-mike-piazza-elected

 

[Tanner]

Griffey better sprint to the podium to deliver his speech or Marty will accuse him of loafing