This brings a couple tears to my eye because of all the emotions and memories Ken Griffey Jr. gave me as a child. I would watch every game I could just to see what Jr. was going to do next! Such an athlete and a treasure to Seattle forever.
Both of who you just said played for the Yankees or as many know it now as the evil empire. For the past 20 or 25 years the Yankees have acted like celebrities. Almost every player in that time frame acted more like a celebrity and played for the paycheck. It isn't only the Yankees either. In my opinion it's the teams in baseball who almost always make the postseason every season or every other season that just make baseball less and less worth watching. The Yankees aren't the only team either. Look at the Cardinals or the Dodgers. I'm a lifelong Pirates fan but I also favor the other teams who overcome adversity too. I'm not bashing you or any other Yankees fan out there but players like Griffey simply played for the love of the game.
Maaaaaaaaaaan, a healthy Griffey may be in the top 5 hitters ever. The guy was magic to watch back then. I forgot just how much I loved to see him hit until this. Thanks you OP!
Took a look at my signed KGJ ball, on the shelf, this afternoon, which I acquired during the heart of his career, nearly 18 years ago, and was flooded with great baseball memories. And now I find myself here, watching his best highlights. It's actually upsetting that I won't be able to see him play anymore. But at the same time, I feel privileged to have witnessed this guy during his prime. He had the best swing in baseball, and was arguably the best all-around (CLEAN) player I have ever seen. Watching videos like this, actually chokes me up a bit. Will I ever see such talent grace this sport again? I'm not sure... It's a shame injuries cut his career short, but such is the game of baseball, when you play it CLEAN and FAIR. JR. excelled during a time when, the competition had to juice to just to TRY and keep up. But he stayed clean through it all. Fantastic career JR. I just wish I could still watch you play.
Ken Griffey Jr, by far, has the best swing Baseball has ever seen. Ken Griffey Jr, by far, one of the most pure talent players the game has ever seen. Cheers to Griffey. Wish he stayed healthy. All records would have been his.
I am please that I got to see his entire career. Thank you for all the memories Ken, you inspired me to play this game, and play it with 100% effort. From the first time you put on a uniform to the last time you were great. First ballot HOF, and would have been the home run champ if it wasn't for injuries and that 94 strike season. I will show my Son your highlights when he is old enough to understand how great you were for Seattle and Cincy.
I have never thought in my life that this day would come. To see him get inducted into the hallowed Halls of Cooperstown. I'm a Seattle born and bred native and have never been any luckier and humble to see this man play. It seems like yesterday that I watched him in his prime and scoring the winning run in game 5 of the ALDS against the Yankees. Congratulations Ken! You absolutley and without a doubt the greatest I have ever seen play the game and most importantly you played it the RIGHT WAY! Congrats on baseball's most ultimate honor!! :)
Ken Griffey Jr. is and will always be my favorite baseball player. The way he played the game, it was great. He had fun, was great at it, and is humble about it. Best of all time.
Tyler Harkner No, he may not be the homerun king but he had 400 legitimate home runs and if you took away 50% of his home runs after 2000 he'd still have 550-600. Griffey if he was healthy was better though. McGwire or Canseco are the bigger cheats than Bonds, they did it their entire careers.
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Scott B I do think Bonds was the better hitter, but never thought Barry was a great outfielder. Barry was too cocky to be the best outfielder ever, even though he had more talent to play outfield than Griffey probably. Bonds was faster, probably had a better throwing arm, and yet he still was not better as an outfielder.
As a lifetime Dodger fan, I've always respected many Dodgers but there are also many players whom I respected who didn't wear Dodger blue at all. This man, I've come to respect him as one of the best hitters of all time. Griffey never used steroids or PEDs in an era when many players used it and got "better" while Griffey did it old school. Love his style of play. If the injuries didn't slow him down, we would be talking about the home run king because he had the power and seemed to hit a home run whenever he wanted.
Yep, no way you can't love someone who doesn't play for your team. My whole life I've been a Mets (and Dodgers) fan, yet my favorite player is Griffey Jr. Class act and possibly the best athlete to ever live.
In all seriousness though, he would have been the greatest of all time if not for said injuries. He's definitely top 5 in my favorite players of all time. Him, Pujols, Miggy, A-Rod, and any player that plays or played for the Marlins :)
Kal El Batson Definitely. In fact, I still consider him one of (if not the) the greatest of all time, regardless of the fact that he was injured so much.
Kal El Batson dude, you're smoking crack if you think griffey was ever into steroids. That's why he took forever to heal and in fact, why he didn't fully heal to begin with. He didn't need to take steroids to generate power, just take a look at his swing. Him swinging a bat might be the most perfectly harmonious act in all of sports history
I was too young and stupid in the late 80's & 90's to realize what I was realizing was history in the making. I was just a young kid excited to watch a guy who seems to hit homeruns every night and make every catch that no one else can. Well, in retrospect, I have not seen anyone even resembling Griffey in the last 14 years here in Seattle.. and frankly, this team has gone down hill since he departed. 2001 season doesn't count because they didn't even make the Series. Thanks for this video!
I feel like a 14 year old again watching this. some of my best childhood memories are of junior. sweetest swing in history. if you weren't a Griffey fan then you and I probably wouldn't have gotten along very well.
"in 20-25 years from now ur gonna wanna say i was there when Ken Griffey Junior made his home debut." Awesome quote from Niehaus. and then jr crushes it of course lol.. shit gave me butterflys. Great Video
Best player in the last 30 years..growing up in the 90's in western washington, I was incredibly lucky to witness jr first hand..he is the type of player you tell your kids and grandkids about..he made everything look so easy..thank you for everything jr..
Griffey Jr is the greatest baseball player in my lifetime 32 years. I modeled my swing after him in little league, me also being a left handed hitter. In an era that wil be remembered as the steroid era. He did it without roids. If it wasn't for the injuries he probably have at least 100 more HRs then Aaron and Ruth.
It does my heart good to know that Dave Niehaus got the chance to watch Griffey in Seattle again in his final years as an announcer and of his life. RIP to Dave Niehaus, the one and only voice of the Mariners. "My, oh my!"
Who ever posted this video, THANK YOU!!! This brought back time for me by 20+ years!!! I was a huge Griffey Jr Fan back in 1989, lived in Seattle and was at his first home game!!! Wish he would have NEVER went to the REDS, who knows what may have happened if he spent his entire career up in Seattle!!!!!! AWESOME VIDEO!!!!
Man how did the M's not win a world series during the the 90s?? They had Johnson,Griffey Jr, Edgar Martinez who in my opinion is one of if not the the biggest underrated player in MLB history!.
Man fuck the Yankees you know what I'm sayin lol! Don't forget the M's legendary pitching staff with a young Randy Johnson and young Jamie Moyer. Man I feel ya all the way I've been a Mariners fan since I was 5 (I'm 19 now) and the one thing I can not understand about my team is how do the M's win 116 games and not even get close to the World Series lo!?!?
MrBerg4ever 9/11 happened and they had ten days off, Baseball they play daily and a break that long tends to break the groove. They would have won 120 games and the world series had not 9/11 occurred. Don't forget in the nineties they had Jay Buhner who hit 40+ homeruns 3 straight years and had a cannon of an arm in right field. they also had tino Martinez who was a 25-30 home run guy who played gold glove first base. The problem with those 1990's teams was the bull pen and even the starters once you got past The big Unit. The Mariners of the 90;s set all kinds of Homerun records, and won the majority of their games 8-7 or 9-6, the bullpen blew many many wins.
Ken Griffey Jr. IMO is the greatest player of all time.. Ken inspired me to an outfielder.. In Little Leagure the outfield isn't exactly the "Cool" position to play, but I fell in love with Center Field because of Ken Griffey Jr. I wore his number in little league, travel ball, high school, and college.. Griffey for life!!!
That Swing Man, The Swing! And of course the backwards hat, He Made That Cool! In the steroid era of baseball there was one hero to all kids who never betrayed them he was my hero and my all-time fav player "The Kid" Ken Griffey Jr
He represented the league, dominated, had a smile that could knock beyonce out but he kept his heart on his sleeve was always a man ....even with 100 swagga thru the roof he kept true all the while influncing young kids not just African Americans but all races.. a true idol.
Brian L You see alot of hitters now in baseball that copied his swing. Ryan Howard is the one that first comes to mind. Not so much the swing as much as the follow through after contact. Left handed HR hitters naturally have an uppercut follow through though.
Greatest all around baseball player of the modern era....never did steroids...play the game honestly and pure talent we will never see a player as good as kg jr ever again
griffey jr. Made me want to play and be a pro at baseball. I grew up idolizing him and kobe. Both kids born into the game that both took an opportunity for the best i just wish he could have gotten a ring. Still my fave to ever play the game or watch...i dont think ive ever seen anyone play baseball and look aesthetically pleasing as Griffey. His swing is also the greatest in baseball history. He has absolutely zero body movement. Kobe and Griffey jr. born and bred with the pedigree to accomplish greatness on the court and field.
Ken Griffey Jr. in his prime was the best player ive ever seen. Prettiest swing in the history of baseball...great baserunner...always had 30+ steals a yr and would have shattered the homerun record if he had stayed healthy. It was a privilege to watch him play.
+BigHern58 OK, sorry--I've got to call you out for being wrong. He's never had more than 24 steals in a season. Why would you ever make a claim like that if you don't know it's true. And what makes it even worse is that you told another person to "go check the stats," which obviously you didn't do yourself. This leaves me with the conclusion that you are not a very bright guy. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that you're one of the dumbest human beings I've ever come across in my life. Congrats.
He will be getting elected into the HOF today, should be unanimous but you know it won't. Congrats Ken, you deserve it man it was fun watching you play.
For the guys that grew up watching baseball in the 90's, it didn't get much better than KGJ. Out of this world talent that made every impossible play look so easy and effortless...
I almost feel bad for my son that he didn't get to witness ken griffey Jr.s era. But I am grateful that I did experience it. He was awesome. He had the best swing ever.
As a lifelong Pirates fan, if I had to choose an American league team to support to go all the way to win, most would say the Indians or the Blue Jays but when I was little I always liked watching Mariners games because of Griffey. I hope to see one or both in the world series in the next five year. The Pirates are my hometown team and the Mariners has a handful of players (minus Leyland and Bonds) from the Pirates mini-dynasty of the early 1990s. Ken Griffey Jr. was the Michael Jordan of baseball during the 90s, he played hard, played on the team with his father, hit 630 homeruns, played baseball for the love of the game, won the homerun derby three times, highly doubt he ever took steroids, and was elected into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame.
His swing was so smooth and effortless. No big leg kick not a lot of movement. He was always the coolest guy on the field. I feel cheated however by the injuries he suffered. It's crazy a guy who will walk in the HOF with 630 hrs, 2700+ hits and we all wonder what might've been.
The Kid with that sweet sweet swing of his with defense of his while patrolling the outfield. He was definitely my favorite player growing up. What could have been if he never got hurt while playing for the Reds. Nonetheless he had an outstanding MLB career.
In terms of raw ability, probably the greatest player since Willie Mays. Incredible range, great speed, perfect hitting technique, unbelievable work ethic. Without injuries, we'd be saying he was the greatest ever.
As a Pirates fan, I love the fact that the Mariners of today have Lloyd McClendon as manager and Andy Van Slyke as a first base coach. I just wish they had Griffey as their hitting coach. Unlike most of the all time home run leaders of today Griffey did not use steroids. The Mariners are the one team more than any other American League team that deserve a AL pennant and to witness the Mariners and the Pirates in a World Series would be a dream come true for me. It may seem unlikely but nothing is impossible.
This brings a couple tears to my eye because of all the emotions and memories Ken Griffey Jr. gave me as a child. I would watch every game I could just to see what Jr. was going to do next! Such an athlete and a treasure to Seattle forever.
I grew up in Houston and let me tell you i am jealous of what yall got to see night in and out.. My Goat !
Ken Griffey Jr was and still is the Michael Jordan of baseball in my opinion.
How do you figure? The guy never won anything. Mariano or Jeter are closer to Michael than anything.
Both of who you just said played for the Yankees or as many know it now as the evil empire. For the past 20 or 25 years the Yankees have acted like celebrities. Almost every player in that time frame acted more like a celebrity and played for the paycheck. It isn't only the Yankees either. In my opinion it's the teams in baseball who almost always make the postseason every season or every other season that just make baseball less and less worth watching. The Yankees aren't the only team either. Look at the Cardinals or the Dodgers. I'm a lifelong Pirates fan but I also favor the other teams who overcome adversity too. I'm not bashing you or any other Yankees fan out there but players like Griffey simply played for the love of the game.
1979WSchamps Also same time period/same feel and announcers.
Kal El Batson Ken Griffey Jr. is the "Yankee Killer"
I agree he was the Michael Jordan of baseball skills wise & endorsement wise
He made some absolutely unreal catches. He was ridiculously good.
Maaaaaaaaaaan, a healthy Griffey may be in the top 5 hitters ever. The guy was magic to watch back then. I forgot just how much I loved to see him hit until this. Thanks you OP!
Took a look at my signed KGJ ball, on the shelf, this afternoon, which I acquired during the heart of his career, nearly 18 years ago, and was flooded with great baseball memories. And now I find myself here, watching his best highlights. It's actually upsetting that I won't be able to see him play anymore. But at the same time, I feel privileged to have witnessed this guy during his prime.
He had the best swing in baseball, and was arguably the best all-around (CLEAN) player I have ever seen. Watching videos like this, actually chokes me up a bit. Will I ever see such talent grace this sport again? I'm not sure...
It's a shame injuries cut his career short, but such is the game of baseball, when you play it CLEAN and FAIR. JR. excelled during a time when, the competition had to juice to just to TRY and keep up. But he stayed clean through it all. Fantastic career JR. I just wish I could still watch you play.
By far the best player in history, no one stands a chance, along with his beauty of a swing, best swing the league will ever have to see
When I see Griffey play I don't see a ballplayer doing his job, I see a grown man having fun......like how the game should be played.
Possibly the greatest of all time.
No one had swagger like The Kid.
His swing and bat speed was phenomenal !!!!
Ken Griffey Jr, by far, has the best swing Baseball has ever seen. Ken Griffey Jr, by far, one of the most pure talent players the game has ever seen. Cheers to Griffey. Wish he stayed healthy. All records would have been his.
I’m a Yankees fan but the kid is a legend and Had the sweetest swing in the history of baseball. Always fun to watch
I am please that I got to see his entire career. Thank you for all the memories Ken, you inspired me to play this game, and play it with 100% effort. From the first time you put on a uniform to the last time you were great. First ballot HOF, and would have been the home run champ if it wasn't for injuries and that 94 strike season. I will show my Son your highlights when he is old enough to understand how great you were for Seattle and Cincy.
I have never thought in my life that this day would come. To see him get inducted into the hallowed Halls of Cooperstown. I'm a Seattle born and bred native and have never been any luckier and humble to see this man play. It seems like yesterday that I watched him in his prime and scoring the winning run in game 5 of the ALDS against the Yankees. Congratulations Ken! You absolutley and without a doubt the greatest I have ever seen play the game and most importantly you played it the RIGHT WAY! Congrats on baseball's most ultimate honor!! :)
Ken Griffey Jr. is and will always be my favorite baseball player. The way he played the game, it was great. He had fun, was great at it, and is humble about it. Best of all time.
I'll admit I cried. Bonds may be the home run king, but it was always Griffey's league.
Tyler Harkner No, he may not be the homerun king but he had 400 legitimate home runs and if you took away 50% of his home runs after 2000 he'd still have 550-600. Griffey if he was healthy was better though.
McGwire or Canseco are the bigger cheats than Bonds, they did it their entire careers.
Scott B I do think Bonds was the better hitter, but never thought Barry was a great outfielder. Barry was too cocky to be the best outfielder ever, even though he had more talent to play outfield than Griffey probably. Bonds was faster, probably had a better throwing arm, and yet he still was not better as an outfielder.
I wish I was grown up in the 90's Ken Griffey Jr. is awesome bless that man
Sweetest swing in the history of baseball.
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The best 5 tool baseball player ever.
Ever
As a lifetime Dodger fan, I've always respected many Dodgers but there are also many players whom I respected who didn't wear Dodger blue at all. This man, I've come to respect him as one of the best hitters of all time. Griffey never used steroids or PEDs in an era when many players used it and got "better" while Griffey did it old school. Love his style of play. If the injuries didn't slow him down, we would be talking about the home run king because he had the power and seemed to hit a home run whenever he wanted.
Yep, no way you can't love someone who doesn't play for your team. My whole life I've been a Mets (and Dodgers) fan, yet my favorite player is Griffey Jr. Class act and possibly the best athlete to ever live.
Hahahaha Griffey never used PED's that's laughable. That's why he couldn't stay healthy in the latter part of his career. Wake up, brotha.
In all seriousness though, he would have been the greatest of all time if not for said injuries. He's definitely top 5 in my favorite players of all time. Him, Pujols, Miggy, A-Rod, and any player that plays or played for the Marlins :)
Kal El Batson Definitely. In fact, I still consider him one of (if not the) the greatest of all time, regardless of the fact that he was injured so much.
Kal El Batson dude, you're smoking crack if you think griffey was ever into steroids. That's why he took forever to heal and in fact, why he didn't fully heal to begin with. He didn't need to take steroids to generate power, just take a look at his swing. Him swinging a bat might be the most perfectly harmonious act in all of sports history
the song is perfect.
Tainted of regret and melancholy.
I love the music.
I was too young and stupid in the late 80's & 90's to realize what I was realizing was history in the making. I was just a young kid excited to watch a guy who seems to hit homeruns every night and make every catch that no one else can. Well, in retrospect, I have not seen anyone even resembling Griffey in the last 14 years here in Seattle.. and frankly, this team has gone down hill since he departed. 2001 season doesn't count because they didn't even make the Series. Thanks for this video!
Definitely one of the best of our generation. A pleasure to have watched Griff play growing up.
I feel like a 14 year old again watching this. some of my best childhood memories are of junior. sweetest swing in history. if you weren't a Griffey fan then you and I probably wouldn't have gotten along very well.
a TRUE CLASS ACT, and proud to say he was my idol growing up. I will never forget the memories Ken...congrats on the Hall of Fame...well deserved!!
Him and Jim Edmonds were always my favorite players as a kid
I can watch this video over and over and over and it all feels like yesterday!!!!!!!
Had he not been plagued by injuries his whole career (from playing hard in the field), I firmly believe he could've hit over 800 home runs.
He could have hit 1000 if he were given the chance.
PicoRiveraCalifornia maybe 2000 who knows
jonah bailey Dude, he could have easily hit 1,000,000.
PicoRiveraCalifornia Maybe 200,000,000 who knows
Ofc he could've hit over 800
The best to ever play the game. Thanks for the memories.
Griffey is the GOAT of baseball in my book. My childhood hero growing up. His swing was so sweet!!🙏
"in 20-25 years from now ur gonna wanna say i was there when Ken Griffey Junior made his home debut." Awesome quote from Niehaus. and then jr crushes it of course lol.. shit gave me butterflys. Great Video
one of my or maybe even my favorite all time players to watch...had everything you could want in a player...such an immense player
He's my age groups Mickey Mantel, our Willie Mays. The greatest ballplayer I ever saw...period
Greatest of all time to me! The Michael Jordan of baseball! Crazy swag, sweetest swing, the swingman King Griffey!
thanks for all the Jr. memories from the golden era of baseball.
You know you've made it when freaking Michael Jordan asks you for your autograph.
Still have my ticket stub from the 1989 game #1 for Ken Griffey Jr!! Will never let it go!!
Best player in the last 30 years..growing up in the 90's in western washington, I was incredibly lucky to witness jr first hand..he is the type of player you tell your kids and grandkids about..he made everything look so easy..thank you for everything jr..
What's overlooked with Griffey Jr is how good of a fielder he was and how much speed he had, not to mention the sweetest, natural homerun swing.
Reds fan here I'm honored to have one of the best baseball players for us and what he brought to the team
Griffey Jr is the greatest baseball player in my lifetime 32 years. I modeled my swing after him in little league, me also being a left handed hitter. In an era that wil be remembered as the steroid era. He did it without roids. If it wasn't for the injuries he probably have at least 100 more HRs then Aaron and Ruth.
This dude was so cool at the plate. I hate the word but he always had swag, made baseball players seem like legends.
It does my heart good to know that Dave Niehaus got the chance to watch Griffey in Seattle again in his final years as an announcer and of his life. RIP to Dave Niehaus, the one and only voice of the Mariners. "My, oh my!"
My all time favorite athlete! Junior did it the right way! Respect!
The GOAT video for the GOAT player.
Greatest player and swing in my lifetime. His swing was pure poetry in motion.
Who ever posted this video, THANK YOU!!! This brought back time for me by 20+ years!!! I was a huge Griffey Jr Fan back in 1989, lived in Seattle and was at his first home game!!! Wish he would have NEVER went to the REDS, who knows what may have happened if he spent his entire career up in Seattle!!!!!! AWESOME VIDEO!!!!
Man how did the M's not win a world series during the the 90s?? They had Johnson,Griffey Jr, Edgar Martinez who in my opinion is one of if not the the biggest underrated player in MLB history!.
Also A Rod lololol I completely forgot about him being on that team!!.
Man fuck the Yankees you know what I'm sayin lol! Don't forget the M's legendary pitching staff with a young Randy Johnson and young Jamie Moyer. Man I feel ya all the way I've been a Mariners fan since I was 5 (I'm 19 now) and the one thing I can not understand about my team is how do the M's win 116 games and not even get close to the World Series lo!?!?
MrBerg4ever 9/11 happened and they had ten days off, Baseball they play daily and a break that long tends to break the groove. They would have won 120 games and the world series had not 9/11 occurred.
Don't forget in the nineties they had Jay Buhner who hit 40+ homeruns 3 straight years and had a cannon of an arm in right field. they also had tino Martinez who was a 25-30 home run guy who played gold glove first base. The problem with those 1990's teams was the bull pen and even the starters once you got past The big Unit.
The Mariners of the 90;s set all kinds of Homerun records, and won the majority of their games 8-7 or 9-6, the bullpen blew many many wins.
The swing Griffey put on the that curveball for his 600th home run.. Holy Fuck
The sweetest swing in baseball.
It’s crazy how he was able to maintain the tenacity of his swing even as he got the older..💯🔥⚾️👑 #thekid #legend
Ken Griffey Jr. IMO is the greatest player of all time.. Ken inspired me to an outfielder.. In Little Leagure the outfield isn't exactly the "Cool" position to play, but I fell in love with Center Field because of Ken Griffey Jr. I wore his number in little league, travel ball, high school, and college.. Griffey for life!!!
One of the only players I've ever seen coming up to actually live up to the medias Hype.. or even out - do the hype... the guy was just incredible.
That Swing Man, The Swing! And of course the backwards hat, He Made That Cool! In the steroid era of baseball there was one hero to all kids who never betrayed them he was my hero and my all-time fav player "The Kid" Ken Griffey Jr
One of the most feared batters of all time. And had stellar defense. There was jo way than anyone could stop ken griffey jr
He represented the league, dominated, had a smile that could knock beyonce out but he kept his heart on his sleeve was always a man ....even with 100 swagga thru the roof he kept true all the while influncing young kids not just African Americans but all races.. a true idol.
One off my favourite players of all time.Great video just beast.
Ken Griffey jr. Was the main reason I started watching baseball as a kid...
He is so underrated. Especially now in the decades of the droids. He was a pleasure to watch.
this was the BEST! I LOVED IT
I remember watching him as a kid. He was so casual when he hit a home run it bordered on arrogant, but it was just awesome to watch.
Brian L You see alot of hitters now in baseball that copied his swing. Ryan Howard is the one that first comes to mind. Not so much the swing as much as the follow through after contact. Left handed HR hitters naturally have an uppercut follow through though.
I'm not sure we will ever see another player like Griffey, Jr. in our lifetime.
Greatest all around baseball player of the modern era....never did steroids...play the game honestly and pure talent we will never see a player as good as kg jr ever again
This song is perfect for Griffey Jr. He was smooth, and this song matches that.
Hi, this is Ken Griffey Jr. Let's play Major League Baseball.
Incredible video!! Awesome song!! Thank you for posting that. :)
I watched Jr. all through the 90s (home games). It was magic. The guy was the Micheal Jordan of his era.
G.O.A.T
Watching this gives me chills. Without his injuries he would have easily been the home run king
griffey jr. Made me want to play and be a pro at baseball. I grew up idolizing him and kobe. Both kids born into the game that both took an opportunity for the best i just wish he could have gotten a ring. Still my fave to ever play the game or watch...i dont think ive ever seen anyone play baseball and look aesthetically pleasing as Griffey. His swing is also the greatest in baseball history. He has absolutely zero body movement. Kobe and Griffey jr. born and bred with the pedigree to accomplish greatness on the court and field.
The best to ever do it. Give me a healthy 90's Junior over Williams or Ruth any day.
I would take him over anyone
Ken Griffey Jr. in his prime was the best player ive ever seen. Prettiest swing in the history of baseball...great baserunner...always had 30+ steals a yr and would have shattered the homerun record if he had stayed healthy. It was a privilege to watch him play.
BigHern58 hold up he was is one of the best dont make up stuff and say he had 30+ steals a year.
Cody Luis u cant be serious? His first at least 6 yrs in the majors he was in the 30-30 club. Actually i may be understating that. Go check the stats
+BigHern58 OK, sorry--I've got to call you out for being wrong. He's never had more than 24 steals in a season. Why would you ever make a claim like that if you don't know it's true. And what makes it even worse is that you told another person to "go check the stats," which obviously you didn't do yourself. This leaves me with the conclusion that you are not a very bright guy. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that you're one of the dumbest human beings I've ever come across in my life. Congrats.
Best Griffey highlight video by far
The ending had me in near tears I remember that moment and his last year in da league #amazing
He will be getting elected into the HOF today, should be unanimous but you know it won't.
Congrats Ken, you deserve it man it was fun watching you play.
Jaeger Wilks
Yea.......
Griff was the man! One of the great ones.
For the guys that grew up watching baseball in the 90's, it didn't get much better than KGJ. Out of this world talent that made every impossible play look so easy and effortless...
Can't say for sure that he was the best to play the game, but he without a doubt had the sweetest swing. Also the best baseball videogame.
That smooth swing with the hand release. You could silhouette Griffey Jr and still know it was him
Congrats Ken on the HOF!
No one can stop this.
I almost feel bad for my son that he didn't get to witness ken griffey Jr.s era. But I am grateful that I did experience it. He was awesome. He had the best swing ever.
il never forget seeing him go upperdeck twice in the same game at the kingdome when i was little kid. fckn LEGEND .
This is a well put together video.
As a lifelong Pirates fan, if I had to choose an American league team to support to go all the way to win, most would say the Indians or the Blue Jays but when I was little I always liked watching Mariners games because of Griffey. I hope to see one or both in the world series in the next five year. The Pirates are my hometown team and the Mariners has a handful of players (minus Leyland and Bonds) from the Pirates mini-dynasty of the early 1990s. Ken Griffey Jr. was the Michael Jordan of baseball during the 90s, he played hard, played on the team with his father, hit 630 homeruns, played baseball for the love of the game, won the homerun derby three times, highly doubt he ever took steroids, and was elected into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame.
I will never part with my K.G.J. Upper Deck rookie card!
Same here!!
This man is basically why I became a baseball fan. True story.
I love watching him swing and just start to walk towards first ... I miss him
His swing was so smooth and effortless. No big leg kick not a lot of movement. He was always the coolest guy on the field. I feel cheated however by the injuries he suffered. It's crazy a guy who will walk in the HOF with 630 hrs, 2700+ hits and we all wonder what might've been.
Griffey will always be known as a amazing hitter to watch
dude great video, good jams, and nice editing... Well done brother
one of my heroes growing up.
one of the best all time!!
The Kid with that sweet sweet swing of his with defense of his while patrolling the outfield. He was definitely my favorite player growing up. What could have been if he never got hurt while playing for the Reds. Nonetheless he had an outstanding MLB career.
In terms of raw ability, probably the greatest player since Willie Mays. Incredible range, great speed, perfect hitting technique, unbelievable work ethic. Without injuries, we'd be saying he was the greatest ever.
This is the best video on TH-cam.
My favorite athlete of ALL TIME!!!
His first few steps towards 1st base when hitting a home run....priceless
The sweetest swing in MLB history
As a Pirates fan, I love the fact that the Mariners of today have Lloyd McClendon as manager and Andy Van Slyke as a first base coach. I just wish they had Griffey as their hitting coach. Unlike most of the all time home run leaders of today Griffey did not use steroids. The Mariners are the one team more than any other American League team that deserve a AL pennant and to witness the Mariners and the Pirates in a World Series would be a dream come true for me. It may seem unlikely but nothing is impossible.
No they need Edgar as a hitting coach he is a legend. With Griffey as an outfield coach
great stance too! his swing make it look so easy!
He always gave 125% and always had a smile, he's one of the rare examples of a true baseball player
The prettiest game of all time.