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BostonTim
06-02-2010, 08:59 PM
All over espn - link in a moment.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5244661

Great player - if not for injuries???? Maybe 100 or more homers more

Cheers, BotonTim
Michigan Dave
06-02-2010, 09:21 PM
I loved watching him play growing up. A shame for all the injuries. One of the guys I would be absolutely stunned if he was juicing.
OSUBuckeye
06-02-2010, 10:38 PM
Kid Griffey was one helluva player in his prime. Absolutely beautiful swing & he could really get it in the outfield. The play he made as a youngster in Yankee Stadium was amazing & I will remember that smile of a little leauger on his face when he made it.

He did it the right way. His numbers will never be questioned. See you in the HOF Kid.
Costanza
06-02-2010, 11:14 PM
Kid Griffey was one helluva player in his prime. Absolutely beautiful swing & he could really get it in the outfield. The play he made as a youngster in Yankee Stadium was amazing & I will remember that smile of a little leauger on his face when he made it.

He did it the right way. His numbers will never be questioned. See you in the HOF Kid.

He was one of the reasons I became a CF'er.
TITAN126
06-02-2010, 11:34 PM
Amazing player. It's a shame he was injured so much when he joined the Reds.
mikiemo83
06-03-2010, 07:23 AM
heard on the radio that the only proof needed to KNOW that Jr didn't cheat was he got old when ball players typically get old
Fully Tilted
06-03-2010, 08:38 AM
The Kid




Thanks for the highlight reels, the backwards cap, a stroke that could cut glass and the ear-to-ear grin. Talk about playing the game the right way, always.

Alas, it was time.
3 Point Stan
06-03-2010, 12:42 PM
My favorite non-Boston athlete of all-time.

And the one last hope for a guy in the last 20 years who did it the right way. Unfortunately, no one wants to settle for "just being Ken Griffey, Jr."

Sad. I wish him all the best in retirement.
sonsofkraftybob
06-03-2010, 01:59 PM
There are only 2 jerseys I ever owned that were non-Boston players. Jerry Rice and Jr.'s.

He had the sweetest swing eva.
O.Z.O.
06-03-2010, 02:13 PM
Buster Olney, as usual, said something really stupid this morning on Mike and Mike-

"even as great a player as he was, he wasn't the greatest player of his era. When you look at the numbers, it was Barry Bonds"

as I told O.Z.O. Jr...when they were both in their prime...NOBODY would have taken Bonds over Griffey.
3 Point Stan
06-03-2010, 03:13 PM
Buster Olney has been a steroids sympathizer from day 1. Doesn't seem to phase him in the least.
mgoblue101415
06-03-2010, 05:44 PM
Griffey didn't really retire from baseball. It was all a misunderstanding. He simply said he was going to retire. What he meant was he was going to retire for the day and went to sleep down in the clubhouse. :p



It really is too bad he was so injury prone. He had a pretty damn good career as it is. Without missing all the games he did and actually playing at 100% more often just imagine the career he would have had.