Ken Griffey Jr retires

[PD]

Just heard it on the met game;
Mariners have announced Ken Griffey Jr. is retiring.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100602&content_id=10726234&vkey=pr_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea&partnerId=rss_mlb

[badorties]

good, i still haven't moved past the '95 alds

[mdr55]

Best wishes

[Kevin]

good, i still haven't moved past the '95 alds

5 titles since then and you still think of that?

[furie]

wow, he was still playing...?

[badorties]

5 titles since then and you still think of that?

yeah, i know, irrational

[zildjian361]

who cares

[Suspect Chin]

Wow an embarrassing end to a great career.

[Kevin]

who cares

Real baseball fans who see him as one of the only clean great players of this generation do.

[Suspect Chin]

http://www.baseballslate.com/images/ken-griffey-jr-rookie-card-image.jpg

First decent card I had as a kid.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Jim Joyce just called him a worthless negro who never won a ring.

[brettmojo]

Real baseball fans who see him as one of the only clean great players of this generation do.
Clean my ass. He was hopped up on brain tonic the entire time.

[IamFogHat]

He's in that all time great's ruined by injuries category. But I love the man, he really contributed a lot to the game.

[HBox]

Clean my ass. He was hopped up on brain tonic the entire time.

He's still better than that filthy degenerate Steve Sax.

[STC-Dub]

Good, now he has more time for naps.

[Suspect Chin]

He's in that all time great's ruined by injuries category. But I love the man, he really contributed a lot to the game.

Funny that his closest contemporary Frank Thomas suffered a very similar fate.

[cougarjake13]

if not for injuries could very well be the home run king

[A.J.]

Wow an embarrassing end to a great career.

Seriously. He should have done a "farewell tour" this year to get the applause he deserves.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Best Swing in the Game IMO...


too bad this retirement was overshadowed by a bad call by an Umpire...

[sailor]

if not for injuries could very well be the home run king


Thank god for injuries. Screw him.

[TripleSkeet]

Clean my ass. He was hopped up on brain tonic the entire time.

But the man had clean sideburns. Not like that hippy Mattingly.



Hes my favorite player of all time. The guys swing was a work of art. Going to Cincinatti just doomed him.

[SinFiction]

Jim Joyce just called him a worthless negro who never won a ring.

Awful.

[TheGameHHH]

One of the true greats in this history of the game and one of the best ballplayers I had the privledge of watching in my lifetime. I'll miss Junior

[Jujubees2]

Wonder who had to go into the club house and wake Junior to tell him?

[Contra]

When does III get to the majors?

[cougarjake13]

Thank god for injuries. Screw him.

why the hatred ??

[TheGameHHH]

good quote from A-Rod, thought I'd pass it along:

“He could literally be playing Nintendo at 6:45 or 6:50, and at 7:06 he’d make a Spiderman catch,” Alex Rodriguez said. “And then in the (bottom) of the first he’d hit one in the upper deck at the Kingdome, 475 feet. And do it all with a smile. You look at yourself and you’re like, ‘Damn. I’ve been getting ready since 5:45 for the game.’ I wish you guys had the opportunity to see what I saw for seven years."

[Kevin]

good quote from A-Rod, thought I'd pass it along:

“He could literally be playing Nintendo at 6:45 or 6:50, and at 7:06 he’d make a Spiderman catch,” Alex Rodriguez said. “And then in the (bottom) of the first he’d hit one in the upper deck at the Kingdome, 475 feet. And do it all with a smile. You look at yourself and you’re like, ‘Damn. I’ve been getting ready since 5:45 for the game.’ I wish you guys had the opportunity to see what I saw for seven years."

I hated the guy when he was in his prime.

But he was damn good.

That 90s M's lineup was the most feared lineup for me in my life time.

Even before Arod.

Jr, Edgar, Buhner, Tino when he was there, Pesky Cora, Dan Wilson.

Fucking nightmere. I was never comfertable in any games vs them.

Then Arod came up and hit 35hrs 54 doubls 123 rbis at 20. They replaced Tino with Sorrento... Just nasty.

[keithy_19]

I always liked him. Was always a class act, and such a good player. He was one of the players that when you were a kid you could look up to.

Though, I didn't like him in that one movie where he beat the team. I think it was the one where the kid became manager of the Twins. Little Big League?

[Kevin]

I always liked him. Was always a class act, and such a good player. He was one of the players that when you were a kid you could look up to.

Though, I didn't like him in that one movie where he beat the team. I think it was the one where the kid became manager of the Twins. Little Big League?

http://wrigley-field.mlblogs.com/LITTLE%20BIG%20LEAGUE.jpg

[Barnaby Jones]

The best baseball video game ever:

http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/snes/Ken%20Griffey%20Jr.%27s%20Baseball.gif

Despite the digital version of Junior that looks like he was designed by Anthony!

[Kevin]

The best baseball video game ever:

http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/snes/Ken%20Griffey%20Jr.%27s%20Baseball.gif

Despite the digital version of Junior that looks like he was designed by Anthony!

Wow that is bad...

The worst game ever was...


http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/8/588538_47136_front.jpg

[foodcourtdruide]

I always liked him. Was always a class act, and such a good player. He was one of the players that when you were a kid you could look up to.

Though, I didn't like him in that one movie where he beat the team. I think it was the one where the kid became manager of the Twins. Little Big League?

You are correct. I loved that he played a heel in that movie. It made no sense. Jr. always had a good guy image.

[keithy_19]

The best baseball video game ever:

http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/snes/Ken%20Griffey%20Jr.%27s%20Baseball.gif

Despite the digital version of Junior that looks like he was designed by Anthony!

I remember being the hospital when I was young and playing this game. I loved it. There were three body types, and then Griffey. It was great.

[keithy_19]

You are correct. I loved that he played a heel in that movie. It made no sense. Jr. always had a good guy image.

He walked up to the plate and had a look that basically said, 'Fuck you and your dead grandpa kid' and he hits the homerun. Awesome.

[Suspect Chin]

I remember being the hospital when I was young and playing this game. I loved it. There were three body types, and then Griffey. It was great.

Loved Can O'Corn and Nick Noheart.

[Barnaby Jones]

He walked up to the plate and had a look that basically said, 'Fuck you and your dead grandpa kid' and he hits the homerun. Awesome.

Even better was when he robbed the Twins in that movie of what looked like what was (I think) a game-winning HR! He jumped and caught the ball at the wall and looked back at the Twins' dugout with this look that said "fuck you idiots for having some stupid kid as your manager. This is what you get!"

[Barnaby Jones]

Loved Can O'Corn and Nick Noheart.

Nice! I liked how a lot of the teams had theme names, like one team would be all front men from famous classic punk bands or another would be all classic movie stars. At least all the players were all based on real players and it had a name edit function!

[hanso]

He went out with a nap in the clubhouse. Well he did "catch" it.

[foodcourtdruide]

He walked up to the plate and had a look that basically said, 'Fuck you and your dead grandpa kid' and he hits the homerun. Awesome.

LOL! He was like, "Timothy Busfield is banging your mom.. get over it"

[keithy_19]

He made me like the Mariners. I don't really know why. They weren't my favorite team, but I liked them.

[sailor]

why the hatred ??

do people need a reason to hate bonds or arod? i've hated griffey jr since day 1. he always just seemed like such a phony to me.

[Kevin]

do people need a reason to hate bonds or arod? i've hated griffey jr since day 1. he always just seemed like such a phony to me.



Are you saying he played hisin real self in little big league?

[A.J.]

do people need a reason to hate bonds or arod? i've hated griffey jr since day 1. he always just seemed like such a phony to me.

Bonds and Arod were proven to be phonies, however.

[Barnaby Jones]

sailor has made his hideous racism apparent time and time again, so this little turn of events should be no surprise! Notice how he didn't bring up McGwire as a player to hate!

[Kevin]

sailor has made his hideous racism apparent time and time again, so this little turn of events should be no surprise! Notice how he didn't bring up McGwire as a player to hate!



Everytime a black baby is born, Sailor cries..

[Kevin]

Sailor wants the Knicks to sign Jim Macelvain instead of Lebron

[Crossweird]

Sailor wants the Knicks to sign Jesse James instead of Lebron.

[sailor]

Bonds and Arod were proven to be phonies, however.


Griffey was proven to be brittle.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Bonds and Arod were proven to be phonies, however.


http://silentarchimedes.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/arod.jpg


http://cdn.newsone.com/files/2009/08/t1_barry_bonds.jpg

http://www.planet-familyguy.com/pfg/images/characters/phoney.jpg