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Ken Griffey Jr has finally announced his retirement . . .

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  • docgoodencollectordocgoodencollector Posts: 28
    hmeruns,gold gloves,and no ROIDS.
  • richtreerichtree Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭
    Ken Griffey Jr. Offically retired....I can honestly say, sauce or no sauce he was the best player I have ever seen play in person since I have been on this earth
    Buying:
    Topps White Out (silver) letters Alex Gordon
    80 Topps Greg Pryor “No Name"
    90 ProSet Dexter Manley error
    90 Topps Jeff King Yellow back
    1958 Topps Pancho Herrera (no“a”)
    81 Topps Art Howe (black smear above hat)
    91 D A. Hawkins BC-12 “Pitcher”
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    enjoy your retirement Ken

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  • bigwillibigwilli Posts: 910
    Truly a superstar in every way . Great player , great person . Loved to play and the unfortunate injuries
    were from playing hard . Never associated with steriods . A player young people could and should look up to .

    It was a pleasure watching that sweet swing
    A collector of all things Braves
    Always looking for Chipper Jones cards.
    Im a very focused collector of cards from 1909 - 2012...LOL
  • kingraider75kingraider75 Posts: 1,500 ✭✭
    The Kid was the mainstay of the hobby for a long long time. Too bad he got hurt so much, kinda like Mantle, minus the WS wins I guess.
    Running an Ebay store sure takes a lot more time than a person would think!
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    My first year in the hobby was 1989.. when Griffey's rookie cards came out. It's still shocking to me that he's "old." That means that I'm getting old!


    First ballot Hall of Famer, +95% of the vote.
    My Giants collection want list

    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭
    Wow! Thought he'd tough it out thru the end of the season. Maybe it wasn't entirely his choice? Either way farewell to the greatest player of the 90's.
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    night, night, junior.

    zzzzzzzz


    Gonna miss that sweet swing.
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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    your right what a swing when he was healthy

    i'll miss watching him play
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    Griffey was such a joy for me to watch play. He made the game look easy. I am glad I had the pleasure of seeing him play in person, and will miss him.

  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    King of the modren day rookie day card. I am glad I had a chance to see him play.

    Another great one that never played in a world series.
    Cory @iamfur72 https://twitter.com/iamfur72

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best player in baseball in the 1990s and without question a first balllot HOFer..


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
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    My cards on COMC
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He was the first sports hero for my children. Playing Nintendo 64 Ken Griffey Jr Baseball with them when they were very young will always be a memory. They cared about baseball because of him. I wish he would have been able to break Bonds HR record before he retired! (Sigh)!
  • dodgerfandodgerfan Posts: 29
    I Still have his candy bar wrapper from 1989 "KEN GRIFFEY JR BAR" really great memories!
  • PigsPigs Posts: 761
    I loved Ken Griffey Jr, he brought the city of Seattle alive with his energy, enthusiasm and love of the game that made him the best athlete we have ever seen. Here are a few HR tickets I have when I could afford season tickets back in the day. The ARod ticket was career homerun 318 and the other with him is HR number 337. Great memories.


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  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭


    << <i>Ken Griffey Jr. Offically retired....I can honestly say, sauce or no sauce he was the best player I have ever seen play in person since I have been on this earth >>




    You haven't been out much have you??image


    I'll assume you are young.
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    I am assuming with the blemish of steroid generation/era of potential HOF inductees mr Ken Griffey JR will shatter the voting ballots in his first year of eligibility.
    %100 vote, I am calling it right now....see you in 5 years.

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  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He had one of the sweetest swings in the game...

    Should be a first ballot HOFer...

    Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    No one ever walked up a wall like Griffey. Hope you find a pleasant after playing life Griffey.
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I Still have his candy bar wrapper from 1989 "KEN GRIFFEY JR BAR" really great memories! >>



    I've got both versions and they are unopened! Yum!

    Shane

  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry to see Kenny G retire image

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    Steve
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,179 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No one ever walked up a wall like Griffey. >>




    Except Bo Jackson!

    Go to 1:55 of the following video:

    MLB Video

    Steve
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I am assuming with the blemish of steroid generation/era of potential HOF inductees mr Ken Griffey JR will shatter the voting ballots in his first year of eligibility.
    %100 vote, I am calling it right now....see you in 5 years. >>


    Put $20 on the line and come find me when he comes up. He will NOT get 100%.

    Tabe
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭

    Wow, sorry to see him retire.

    I hope his name never fades, he's truly a great.
  • cubfan89cubfan89 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
    He'll make the first ballot but won't get 100% of the vote. He was one of the most natural gifted players ever. That is pretty much unarguable.
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭✭
    Okay lets wake up and smell the real coffee that's being brewed. How many voters are there? Like 400. How many people anywhere in the world are racist in a group of 400. I will bet Yankee Stadium that he will not get 100% of the vote. There are still some old crusty voters that take this into account every year and simply do not vote. I think it's a network of about 5-10 guys. They make sure someone leaves a great one off of at least 1 ballot. Quite simply====If Ruth, Williams, Aaron and Mays did not do it no one will. I think at least one of those guys was left off of 20 ballots. Let me think like some of these voters................Willie Mays- He hit 660 HR, above .300 average, great throwing arm, roamed CF maybe the best of all time, 2 time MVP, 20 something All Star games, did I say 20 something, twice hit 50+ HR's, over 3000 hits///Oh and by the way 3 straight stolen base titles.======And a voter says " I don't think he quite makes it." HOLY SH*T.

    Mickey71image
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    100%?? That's just silly talk there... nobody will ever get 100%, not even the prized Derek Jeter when he retires, and he's expected to beat the (Ripken/Gwynn) 2007 attendance record of 75,000+ for the induction ceremony in Cooperstown.

    Here are the top 10:

    Tom Seaver: 98.84%
    Nolan Ryan: 98.79%
    Cal Ripken, Jr.: 98.53%
    Ty Cobb: 98.23%
    George Brett: 98.19%
    Hank Aaron: 97.83%
    Tony Gwynn: 97.61%
    Mike Schmidt: 96.52%
    Johnny Bench: 96.42%
    Steve Carlton: 95.82%

    Please tell me where you think Griffey belongs on that list...

    By the way, in 2010 there were 539 ballots cast, and you need 75% of the votes in order to be inducted.

    Don't get me wrong, Griffey is a first-ballot HOFer, but I doubt he cracks 90%.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    Sad to see him retire but he sure did have some great years!
  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭


    << <i>100%?? That's just silly talk there... nobody will ever get 100%, not even the prized Derek Jeter when he retires, and he's expected to beat the (Ripken/Gwynn) 2007 attendance record of 75,000+ for the induction ceremony in Cooperstown.

    Here are the top 10:

    Tom Seaver: 98.84%
    Nolan Ryan: 98.79%
    Cal Ripken, Jr.: 98.53%
    Ty Cobb: 98.23%
    George Brett: 98.19%
    Hank Aaron: 97.83%
    Tony Gwynn: 97.61%
    Mike Schmidt: 96.52%
    Johnny Bench: 96.42%
    Steve Carlton: 95.82%

    Please tell me where you think Griffey belongs on that list...

    By the way, in 2010 there were 539 ballots cast, and you need 75% of the votes in order to be inducted.

    Don't get me wrong, Griffey is a first-ballot HOFer, but I doubt he cracks 90%. >>



    I would take Jr. over Gwynn
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    630 HRs will work heavily in his favor. His problem was the injuries. He had such high potential, but potential doesn't help... otherwise Bo Jackson would be in both HOFs.
  • ReljacReljac Posts: 758
    Where's the pujols fans running in to announce that Pujols will get 110% of the votes on the first ballot ;-)

    just kidding!


    Griffey, Jr. should get first ballot with ease, and will not get 100%. I agree with the above posters that no player will get 100%.

    Griffey only has 3 years in which he appeared in the postseason and 1 MVP. I'm guessing some voters aren't going to give him a free pass on that. He has been and should've even moreso been the face of baseball. One of the all-time heroes of the game. One of the few that come through clean throughout the steroid era.
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    Such a sweet swing... from what I heard his quick natural swing came from hitting whiffle balls as a kid in MLB stadiums while his Dad worked. Found that pretty interesting.
  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jr was one of the greatest players I ever saw play. I was a freshman in college when he busted onto the scene, wow am I feeling old right about now. I think he made one of the best catches I've ever seen in Yankee stadium. I believe it was his rookie year. He had that huge smile on his face after he made the catch running back to the dugout. He was a kid just playing the game he loved. Priceless!!!
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't get me wrong, Griffey is a first-ballot HOFer, but I doubt he cracks 90%. >>


    I'll put another $20 against you on this one. He won't get 100% but he'll get a lot more than 90%.

    Tabe

    p.s. Both bet offers are null-and-void if Griffey somehow ends up in a steroid scandal.
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