Ken Griffey Jr. "THE KID". Who else was a fan of his growing up?

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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,422
    Wobbie said:

    juicer.

    troll.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,888
    SomethingCreative said:

    Wobbie said:

    juicer.

    troll.
    That came into my mind when he was getting injured so frequently. It's hard not to suspect. He's lucky the writers didn't suspect or they would have not let him in. Like they almost did to Piazza. Because they thought he used.
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    igotid88 said:

    SomethingCreative said:

    Wobbie said:

    juicer.

    troll.
    That came into my mind when he was getting injured so frequently. It's hard not to suspect. He's lucky the writers didn't suspect or they would have not let him in. Like they almost did to Piazza. Because they thought he used.
    Like they did do to piazza. I was surprised he got in, to be honest. Not that he doesn't deserve it. But there was always suspicion swirling around him.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,788
    SomethingCreative said:

    Wobbie said:

    juicer.

    troll.
    it's not out of the question.

    the story goes that after the sosa/mcgwire summer, Bonds announced to GRIFFEY, over dinner at junior's house, that he (bonds) was going to start juicing too. would you make that announcement to Mr. Clean? basically, all the guys who got outed for steroids either had rats in the clubhouse (yankees and mets), the feds and a newspaper after them (Balco) or were listed by a miami alternative newspaper.

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    Damn near everyone in the 90s juiced. MLB promoted it. Now the MLB and these stuck-up, two-faced writers (who LOVED the decade of 95-05 when everyone was smashing the shit out of the ball) want to backtrack and denounce anyone ever suspected of juicing. Fuck em. It was part of the sport. It wasn't against MLB rules at the time. McGwire should be in, Bonds should be in, Clemens should be in, Palmeiro should be in, Sosa should be in. Piazza & Griffey deserve every bit of HOF status!
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,788
    ^^^^^^ this.

    :clap:
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Damn near everyone in the 90s juiced. MLB promoted it. Now the MLB and these stuck-up, two-faced writers (who LOVED the decade of 95-05 when everyone was smashing the shit out of the ball) want to backtrack and denounce anyone ever suspected of juicing. Fuck em. It was part of the sport. It wasn't against MLB rules at the time. McGwire should be in, Bonds should be in, Clemens should be in, Palmeiro should be in, Sosa should be in. Piazza & Griffey deserve every bit of HOF status!

    I agree. It wasn't just the hitters either. It was as part of the game as amphetamines and coke was in the 70s and 80s. Bonds, Mcguire, sosa, palmerio, and clemens should all be in. Along with bagwell, thome, and whoever else.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,016
    Griffey is my favorite player of my lifetime.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,788
    I gotta nix Sosa, tho.....to me, he was nothing but a steroid player. Unlike the others, I saw nothing to suggest HOF without steroids.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,772
    xavier mcdaniel said:

    His speech was great, as was Piazza's. I was a big fan of his and still would be if he was playing now. He's one of three Hall of Famers who appeared in the Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat"

    ozzie and boggs i think are the others?
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Wobbie said:

    I gotta nix Sosa, tho.....to me, he was nothing but a steroid player. Unlike the others, I saw nothing to suggest HOF without steroids.

    66 homeruns in a single season. Over 500 for his career. If steroids were part of the game, he belongs.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,788
    unlike clemens and bonds, sammy was nothing without roids.
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Wobbie said:

    unlike clemens and bonds, sammy was nothing without roids.

    He still has over 600 homeruns. Hitting a round ball with a round bat squarely is still the most difficult thing to in sports. Ando whos to say clemens wasn't roided up through most of his career?
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,788
    Ok, fine. Let him in. Maybe he'll magically learn English for his acceptance speech.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Columbus 10
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Ray J. T.
    Ray J. T. Posts: 4,131
    Favorite ball player of all time! Best swing in baseball hands down, it was basically effortless. Had it not been for injuries he would have crushed the Homerun Record. Congrats to the Kid making the HOF!



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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Favorite player growing up. Sweetest swing of all time. And would've been the greatest ever if his body didn't give up on him.

    Congrats to Junior. Well deserved!
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  • Empty Glass
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,245
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Damn near everyone in the 90s juiced. MLB promoted it. Now the MLB and these stuck-up, two-faced writers (who LOVED the decade of 95-05 when everyone was smashing the shit out of the ball) want to backtrack and denounce anyone ever suspected of juicing. Fuck em. It was part of the sport. It wasn't against MLB rules at the time. McGwire should be in, Bonds should be in, Clemens should be in, Palmeiro should be in, Sosa should be in. Piazza & Griffey deserve every bit of HOF status!

    Steroids actually were against MLB rules, mainly because of the legislation that made anabolic steroids without a valid prescription illegal.

    Granted, the league didn't want to spend time and money to test the players and also had no incentive to do so at the time.

    I agree with you about the juicers should be in the HOF. The lack of a testing policy and looking the other way basically made it OK to juice unless you took the field with a syringe sticking out your ass.

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