Ken Griffey Jr.'s First Cincinnati Reds Opening Day (April 3, 2000)

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Ken Griffey Jr.'s First Cincinnati Reds Opening Day (April 3, 2000)

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@tygray8343 6 жыл бұрын

Those Reds jerseys were so dope

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

Idk why the reds isn't rocking them vest jerseys

@HueyPPLong 5 жыл бұрын

Early 2000s was the vest jersey era lol

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Yea they were dude. So Dope.

@jacobrichardson1952 5 жыл бұрын

ThA MAN C MAcK always looking good with the vest uniforms

@joseanthompson9069 5 жыл бұрын

They just put them back on 2 weeks ago.

@danejurus69 6 жыл бұрын

Getting him was a dream come true for many of us Reds fans at the time.

@theman6705 6 жыл бұрын

The Nimble Ninja Too bad the dream was shattered after 2000

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

The Nimble Ninja Being a nerd kid I used to wish for Jr. & make lil prayers for Griffey Jr. to come to the Reds. I still can’t believe the hometown discount didn’t resolve in a @ least a Ring for The Kid.

@TallRingo 4 жыл бұрын

As a Mariner fan, who loved the Reds as a little kid before M’s existed, if he had to go somewhere, glad it was Cincy.

@dallascowboysnumberonefan4863 4 жыл бұрын

The Nimble Ninja Yes it was, I wish ken griffey could've gotten a ring with the reds but it never worked. out that way.

@kennethgriffin7921 Жыл бұрын

as a canadian growing up in ottawa that could only see griffey a handfull of times every year when the mariners would play the blue jays i can say that the reds getting junior killed baseball for me. i was his biggest fan. i owned every game for super nintendo, gameboy and n64. i had an authentic jersey i got in new york when visiting my cousins. caused a lot of troubled with my uncle and grandparents because they gave me money to buy something with new york on it. i changed my swing to match his and even learned how to switch hit just so i could bat lefty like griffey. i wore my hat backwards. i learned every word from the ice cube rap song and even made all my internet handles after him ( griffmoney, kennygriff, kenneth griffin )... and when he went to the reds i never saw another live game until 2008 and baseball died for me. i lost all passion for the game and stopped playing and i was a dominant pitcher throwing near 90 miles per hour. hitting homeruns. but without being able to follow griffey and that move killing my love for the mariners i hated baseball forever and never got the love back. now i'm an overweight bald loser that never lived out my dreams. but at least you guys got what you wanted

@nickchadmon5696 6 жыл бұрын

Its a shame what injuries did to Jr after he left Seattle

@sominboy2757 5 жыл бұрын

The old school astroturf messed up his legs. He was also in his early 30's when he signed in cincy and it was too late when they moved to gabp

@moosemathias1388 4 жыл бұрын

His HR numbers and numbers would’ve potentially put him in the 700 club

@jmathieson15 4 жыл бұрын

Moose Mathias easily 👍

@indianajones3454 4 жыл бұрын

Sominboy27 Griffey himself even said that he didn’t properly care for his body (stretching, therapy, etc). He basically played like he was indestructible. Unfortunately, it caught up to him.

@jesuschristislord6790 4 жыл бұрын

@@indianajones3454 he literally never said that.

@parableproductionsvideo 5 жыл бұрын

Regardless of anything, it was awesome having Junior in Cincy. I got to see one of the greatest of all-time in person 8 or 9 times more than if he had never come here.

@CoochieMonster22 6 жыл бұрын

2:07 PriiiiimeTime

@BXBejita 5 жыл бұрын

seems like such a long time ago, but it wasn't, just another era. It was pretty sweet to see him in an M's uniform again at the end of his career.

@YungRalph365 5 жыл бұрын

Prime Larkin and Griffey in the Same clubhouse!! That’s Legendary

@neal6473 3 жыл бұрын

And a Deion Prime Time Sanders 😉👍.

@drby0788 3 жыл бұрын

@@neal6473 and Reggie Sanders

@adambrickell6425 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, too bad the reds always sucked!

@scottqualls7690 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh to hear crowds like that again in Cincy. Gone are the days.

@lukasgarage956 4 жыл бұрын

It's been awhile......and the Bengals God they suck

@ltldoc2011 4 жыл бұрын

In fairness, it was Opening Day of Griffey's debut, so I would expect them to be pretty loud.

@adamwesley2985 4 жыл бұрын

Man we might Lose baseball in Cincinnati in the next 10 to 20 years...kids dont care a d that's not a good sign

@slxyer145 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamwesley2985 at least we made the playoffs last season and just beat the Angels. We don’t talk about the Athletics game though.

@switcheroo1759 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamwesley2985 the reds would never leave cincy. Ever

@sbollmeyer 4 жыл бұрын

I watched Ken Griffey Jr. play in the California League, "The San Bernardino Spirit team" at Fiscalini Field in San Bernardino, CA, back in 1988. The Actor Mark Harmon was part owner of the team. He was 18 at the time. We knew he wouldn't be there that long. He was killing it.

@ChadQuick270W 5 жыл бұрын

Good old Riverfront Stadium. Seems impossible this was 19 years ago. Sadly the Reds had 10 losing seasons from 2000-2009 and seem to be in a slump again. I sure wish we’d get winning baseball back to Cincinnati. Nice to hear the radio play by play later in the video. Marty B is a legend and I’ll miss him after this season.

@lukasgarage956 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Riverfront......my first game was in 74..... 5 years old

@jeffrobdine 4 жыл бұрын

@@lukasgarage956 I was at the 1970 All-Star game!

@GH-uu1sg 4 жыл бұрын

This year this year

@cjones3710 2 жыл бұрын

I agree The concrete donuts had personality bc ppl focused in the game. No stupid led crap boards, no goofy ads, no stupid nets blicking view and seperating us from players, that was so cool qbout mlb, they are right there, and u best pay attention or you will be sorry. No goofs qith cell phones, worse yet players on computers watching tape during a game of play.that happened 30 secs ago. If you watched the play life u would nt need be on the computer now. The owners and players both seem to abhor the fans. Screwed up the timelessness of baseball. Un matching shoes and belts....wear whatever u want, looks like little leauge in a poor area. No....acctually the opposite, like a rich area wherr kids are too.spolied to wear team issued belts or.stirrups . Show.up in soccer cleats and goofy socks with neo.designw. Manfred is the worst. Baseball.is about family, tradition, timelessness, and unwritten rules like life.

@tenorjosh 3 жыл бұрын

I was here at this game. Pretty special to watch Griffey walk out onto the field and hear the sound of the stadium. Unreal

@marvinlynch1305 4 жыл бұрын

I ain't know Deion was still on the Reds' roster in 2000...my favorite football player and my favorite baseball player on the same squad

@Phillygoat1983 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that was a stacked team

@thefrase7884 2 жыл бұрын

Ebonics 101

@davidhager5402 4 жыл бұрын

We need more players like Griffey!! He was the man

@hectorlopez1069 Жыл бұрын

Definitely, the man to not used steroids to hit homers.

@darkknightsds 3 жыл бұрын

His first year with the Reds was really good - 40 HR and 5.5 WAR

@chrisj197438 5 жыл бұрын

I honestly feel like he should have stayed in the American League and became a DH. He would have had many more years to play and probably injury free.

@anthonyhutchins2300 4 жыл бұрын

He would never do that... He played defense hard

@chrisj197438 4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Hutchins Possibly true

@Chief_B707 4 жыл бұрын

Life comes at your fast man 😫😢

@zayaveli 5 жыл бұрын

my favorite giffey swingmans! classics!

@paysonfox88 5 жыл бұрын

The Closest thing I ever saw to Ken Griffey at his best was 3 modern day players from the next era. 1. Albert Pujols -- first 10 years 2. Mike Trout 3. Josh Hamilton from 2008-2012 Think about it! Griffey had almost 400 HR in his first 10 full seasons!!!! He also hit for high batting averages that Mcgwire and Sosa did not. He also played Gold Glove outfield which the steroiders did not. This guy was the flat out best of his era bar none.

@justone9181 4 жыл бұрын

Bonds

@elcoriyodelo3ojo 4 жыл бұрын

Arod ?

@kilgoretrout321 4 жыл бұрын

Beltre's one season was amazing. I stayed up late and he always seemed to hit a game winner. But he was done with Dodgers long term after they gave him crap over his botched appendix surgery

@johnbach2380 3 жыл бұрын

@@elcoriyodelo3ojo roider

@johnbach2380 3 жыл бұрын

@@justone9181 roider

@nickdehart5702 6 жыл бұрын

The sights and sounds of my childhood. Fantastic video!

@charlitoguzman6414 4 жыл бұрын

This 2000 Reds team had a bunch of good talent on the team. With Deon Sanders,Ken Griffey Jr,Barry Larkin,Aaron Boone,Dante Bichette,Sean Casey,Dimitri Young,Norm Charlton. This 2000 Reds team definitely was built for postseason baseball but they fell short.

@bbjfam8248 4 жыл бұрын

This was a very sad day for me as a Mariners fan. Griffey was my hero growing up and still is my favorite all-time athlete. GOAT in my book

@BeefPapa 4 жыл бұрын

From the hard astro turf of the Kingdome to the hard astro turf of Riverfront. The end was imminent.

@pabloabogadosnavarra2198 4 жыл бұрын

I love that sleevless jerseys and football stadiums

@domjones_who3849 4 жыл бұрын

HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE PLAYER ALL TIME

@hectorlopez1069 Жыл бұрын

Everybody respects him for his accomplishments and not wanting steroids like everybody else does.

@skyguy5587 4 жыл бұрын

Crew chief: RANDY MARSH I’m sorry I thought this was America

@steve-onlinemathtutorcasha4724 4 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to get to see Ken Griffey Jr play for the Reds in person! He is an amazing player!

@DAL201107 5 жыл бұрын

Did Larkin not have the greatest bat throw ever? His release after hitting was the smoothest shit ever.

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Lester Clean

@MrDuneedon 4 жыл бұрын

Ah. I was there on this day. So much promise. So much hope. The 2000 season turned out to be a good -- not great -- one, but it was a regression from the really good 1999 season. And then, well...consecutive losing seasons (including FOUR last place finishes) all the way until 2010, after Junior was long gone.

@notmyrealname2592 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Tucker's swing is so much like Griffey's.

@RoundingThird 5 жыл бұрын

I know right. It's like the consolation prize for everyone who came here thinking Griffey hit one out that day.

@johnvollat 5 жыл бұрын

I have a theory he copied bonds swing too when he played with him

@mikeresch3014 4 жыл бұрын

Best swing of all time

@_ThatOneServant 2 ай бұрын

Cincy was so lit around this time

@la3465 5 жыл бұрын

King GRIFFY JR

@carloseduardomedinanarvaez 5 жыл бұрын

My idol the best player in all time in the mayor league baseball

@kerunt_uptime 4 жыл бұрын

He was one of the lucky ones that played on his favorite team and the teams his dad played for

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

i wish the Reds still had a Barry Larkin . That guy was the boss

@earlymorninstonedpimp Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but it just feels weird not seeing Griffey in a Seattle uniform. It’s awesome he followed in his fathers footsteps, though.

@odibaracatibaro1255 4 жыл бұрын

Jr the sweetest swing in baseball

@hectorlopez1069 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@barrybonds9558 4 жыл бұрын

20 years Ago.

@ernesterikm 4 жыл бұрын

What a squad. Pokey, Barry, Griffey, Deion, Aaron Boone, Sean Casey, Bichette, the forgotten Scott Williamson (rookie of the year). Good ole days

@treygray2817 4 жыл бұрын

Deion didn't play in the MLB that year. Only a few games in the minors

@DR-hy6zw 4 жыл бұрын

1:26 crew chief Randy Marsh...”I thought this was America !?”

@lukejohnson5399 5 жыл бұрын

My dad played with him in high school

@lebronjameslol3521 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone gets injured except Ripken, Id still take Griffeys stats over Ripkens

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

Rose didn't get injured.

@SirJoelsuf1 4 жыл бұрын

And so began a whole decade of half seasons due to injuries. So unfortunate that Griffey couldn't stay healthy. Would have had 800 home runs to his name easily. Also, didn't know that Barry Larkin was still on the Reds in 00. Pretty cool to see him smack a double into center before Griffey came up here.

@kellyballaro7846 3 жыл бұрын

I was sitting in the left field bleachers for this game

@jesuschristislord6790 4 жыл бұрын

I hate how bad reds fan treated Griffey. He had three great seasons in 2000,05,07 and a couple decent seasons in 01 and 08. And the others he got hurt giving his all to the team. He had a good career in Cincy, not amazing like Seattle, but he played like a 30+ year old athlete with a lot of miles on his body.

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Hidden Secrets I remember seeing lots of jerseys with Griffey’s name in the back. Cincinnati loves him. He just couldn’t stay on the field.

@steve-onlinemathtutorcasha4724 4 жыл бұрын

Lets go Reds!

@UC_Podcast 3 жыл бұрын

Griffey had so much promise in Cincinnati. Too bad the injury bug bit him when he was over there. Otherwise we would be looking at the Cincinnati Reds in a different light!

@cmqguy 4 жыл бұрын

As a diehard Giants fan I so wish The Kid would have gotten the all time home run record and not Bonds.

@johnbabcock5123 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Larkin then Griffey, what a line-up.

@charlesh946 2 жыл бұрын

Deion sightin!

@giantchamp415 4 жыл бұрын

I have yet to meet a fan that has something bad to say about or hates "The Kid". There will never be another Ken Griffey Jr. Not in this me first era in basebal

@beeideal8017 4 жыл бұрын

The Reds haven't had a bonafide superstar since

@BirbarianHomeGuard 5 жыл бұрын

Dang this is 2000? Looks like it could have been the early 90s.

@drby0788 3 жыл бұрын

Prettiest swing ever man.

@hectorlopez1069 Жыл бұрын

I respect him more than ever for not using any type of roids. We need players like him to not use any performance enhancing substance.

@_warren6659 Жыл бұрын

Barry Larkin could play the shit out of this game…

@darthbuilds3671 4 жыл бұрын

Jersey were insane and I got Johnny bench ahtograph

@bamafan9283 4 жыл бұрын

If he had an injury free career, he would’ve hit 750-800 career homeruns

@njcdlarson 4 жыл бұрын

They loved Griffey but Larkin still owns the keys to the city.

@Firestorm2814Sector 4 жыл бұрын

Was that Deion???

@showme8061 4 жыл бұрын

Yep Primetime!!!

@timd8912 4 жыл бұрын

The kid....

@abelaldrich967 4 жыл бұрын

if Griffey didn't get hurt he would've set HR record or at least challenged it

@yeisonfeliz2944 3 жыл бұрын

Su primera temporada en cinccinatti año 2000

@beauford731 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing was harder being a 10 year old kid and seeing junior leave Seattle.

@bluegrassbass-turd7912 Жыл бұрын

Wow. It awesome going to games back then. Like being young again at games during the Big red machine years Look at the talent on that time Even had Prime Time Deion Sanders.

@shane6860 4 жыл бұрын

If griffey was a Red all throughout his career.. I feel like he would've won a championship.. Perhaps in 95.

@hunterjenkins11 6 жыл бұрын

Old Riverfront Stadium. Good times. Although... I was never a fan of the Griffey trade. We gave the Mariners Mike Cameron who was coming up well. McGuire, Sammy, Bonds and Jr all in the National League that year.

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter Jenkins seriously? Would you not give those same guys up for Mike Trout? Because that’s how good Griffey was at the time. No one could foresee Griffey’s decline at the time.

@x8..231 4 жыл бұрын

Would you happen to have the game where Griffey hit 500th home run on Father's day? Thanks.

@RoundingThird 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I don't have that one.

@elbob17 5 жыл бұрын

Wanted to see the rest of the game.

@RoundingThird 5 жыл бұрын

It was rained out after 6 innings. All I had were these clips to add to the highlight reel I never made.

@DerekLFoster 3 жыл бұрын

He tore a hamstring warming up

@macharper8214 11 ай бұрын

Cut off uniform jerseys? Who comes up with these crazy ideas?

@oldmillrd8153 4 жыл бұрын

Griffy, A-rod and the Big Unit should have stayed in Seattle. I don't think Seattle fans really new what they had. Management sure didn't.

@tightywhitey9779 5 жыл бұрын

That was a horrible call at third 😂😂😂

@Tmacademia 4 жыл бұрын

He was so safe

@leonritchie3413 2 жыл бұрын

That was back when the reds had an owner that actually gave a shit about winning!!

@tomb20061 2 жыл бұрын

I used to love baseball and the Reds back then. Now I don’t watch baseball at all…

@darthbuilds3671 4 жыл бұрын

Autograph

@johnbach2380 Жыл бұрын

Four straight changeups hahha that sly bastard…..

@johntempleton5030 4 жыл бұрын

Of course I am a Mariner fan from Seattle but The Kid always looked odd, or just off, playing in a Cincy uniform. Plus all the injuries (obviously) never did him any good.

@CubicConch 4 жыл бұрын

This happened a day before I was born!

@michaell874 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that the Cincinnati Reds went from being the Big Red Machine to the Nasty Boys to what is no more than a farm team for the wealthiest teams from the biggest cities, with Cincinnati ownership making no effort to ever try to win again.

@darreleddings5901 4 жыл бұрын

Never should have left home.

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Darrel Eddings which one? He was born and raised in Cincinnati but all his success was in Seattle.

@12thman75 6 жыл бұрын

Should of stayed in Seattle

@RoundingThird 6 жыл бұрын

He should have been drafted by the Reds and hit 945 HR over 24 years. :)

@chrisj197438 5 жыл бұрын

Rounding Third That wouldn’t have happened playing on riverfronts astroturf. He would have put up those numbers staying in the American League and becoming a DH later in his career.

@RoundingThird 5 жыл бұрын

No doubt you're right. We can all what if all day. Had he just played somewhere on grass there's no telling what he would have done. I hate to say it but if the NL had a DH things might have been different in Cincinnati.

@oeao2841 4 жыл бұрын

Yup...if it aint broke dont fix it

@anthonyhutchins2300 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute shame his body fell apart after this

@CSDonohue11 3 жыл бұрын

Look how thin Jr still is here.

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Griffey Jr.’s Opening Day Game in CinCinnati got rained out after the 3rd inning. It Was an omen. Larkin got thrown out going for 2 in front of Jr. too in the 1st inning of that game. Which made no sense because then 1st base is open anyways to pitch around Griff. I remember the announcers saying Larkin will have to get used to playing in front of someone like Jr. My 2 All Time Favorite players were on the same team and I still can’t believe we didn’t get a ring with those teams. Too bad we didn’t have someone much more legit than Adam Dud hitting behind Griffey.

@RoundingThird 5 жыл бұрын

Larkin didn't get thrown out in the 1st inning. 1:40, 4:47 and 5:29.

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Yea he did. This isn’t the game. I know he says later about it stopping In the 6th but this is the game that actually was played Official. The actual 1st game on the 1st was rained out and I remember thinking it was a bad omen and it was. Griffey was hurt all the time. The 1st game didn’t go Official because they didn’t play enough innings. This game they played enough innings to make it Official.

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Rounding Third It was Espn. This game wasn’t.

@CSDonohue11 5 жыл бұрын

Rounding Third It was on early west coast time too. Was a 1:05 game so it started @ 10:05 PCT but they didn’t play the whole game.

@RoundingThird 5 жыл бұрын

@@CSDonohue11 I'm afraid you're mistaken. This game stared around 1 PM on a Monday just like every other opening day did back then. It was a 3-3 tie and was official. The only time the Reds started on a Sunday was in 1994 and until a year or two ago NO opening day had been rained out in Cincinnati since the 60s. This was the first time Griffey was presented to Cincinnati as a Red in a regular season game at Riverfront. This game may have been on ESPN but was also on Fox Sports which would have been my preference behind radio as the audio but then there's that pesky delay. I clearly remember trying to switch to the radio for the last 3 innings when the rain came because Griffey was totally going to homer in the bottom of the 9th. www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/2000-schedule-scores.shtml www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200004030.shtml

@phillipsilvers1331 4 жыл бұрын

Back when the reds were halfway decent team

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Phillip Silvers no they were good the year before. They ducked the whole time Griffey was here.

@johnbasedow8973 4 жыл бұрын

Shoulda never left....

@rocknrallsoul94rockero4 6 жыл бұрын

Reds should retire his number

@Shinobi33 4 жыл бұрын

He got really lean for his first season with the Reds. Cause he was a little pudgy in his last year in Seattle. Then pudgy again with his last years with the Reds

@christianschwalbach7561 5 жыл бұрын

On another note.....semi not fat Dmitri Young. Lol

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Christian Schwalbach the Round Mound of Pound!

@zacharyboone1647 5 жыл бұрын

Biggest sports disappointment in my life was Jr. As a red..the day he signed ended up being the best day

@Supersonicspyro 4 жыл бұрын

What? How was he a dissapointment? He's in the hall of fame ffs

@treygray2817 4 жыл бұрын

Yea, due to his time with the Mariners...

@englandbengal 4 жыл бұрын

Supersonicspyro 24 he never lives up to expectations in Cincinnati. Hurt all the time as well.

@kilgoretrout321 4 жыл бұрын

So why, besides injury, did Jr go to crap? His average went way down

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

Because he's lazy and didn't take care of his body . Even a natural has to step up his conditioning after he turns 30 . If he had his fathers work ethic he might have been able to play more

@RoundingThird 4 жыл бұрын

I just have to throw this out there. From 2000-2007 his per 162 game average was .273 - 38 HR - 106 RBI - 80 BB - .846 OPS. Averaging 105 games made it feel worse than it was. www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/griffke02.shtml#2000-2007-sum:batting_standard

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

@@RoundingThird He performed while he was healthy , no question about it. He just didn't perform at a level that people had seen from him from 1990 -99. I admit he seemed to hit a home run every time I went to the ballpark to watch a game in Cincinnati. Junior at 3/4 strength was still much better than an average ballplayer

@rexsexson5349 4 жыл бұрын

I was 23

@kevindick1110 4 жыл бұрын

Reds could've and maybe should've won it all that year. McKeon was a terrible pitching staff manager for the Reds.

@MetalKillsRap2 3 жыл бұрын

I hated it. Griffey should’ve stayed in Seattle

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

Jr didn't keep his legs in shape after he turned 30 and he paid for it. Even a natural has to step up his conditioning once he reaches a certain age

@nathanhale5455 3 жыл бұрын

Based strictly on potential, ken griffey was thee biggest failure in the history of the Cincinnati Reds! Because of GM jim bowden, the team with already a great outfield of Jeffrey Hammonds, Greg Vaughn & Mike Cameron, was destroyed so the reds could agree to Griffey's trade demand. This team was on its way to greatness if they hadn't acquiesced to the loser Griffey's trade demand & the rest is history! The reason injuries affected Griffey was due to him reporting to spring training every year OUT OF SHAPE! Each year the running gag was how great Griffey looked coming into spring training & within six weeks, the loser Griffey would go on the disabled list! He will go down in history as THEE worst player in Reds history due to his production vs salary. He singlehandedly set the Reds back decades (the Reds are STILL trying to overcome the terrible trade for Griffey)! Griffey was a privileged loser. Btw, he padded his homerun stats in Seattle at THE HOMER DOME! Who couldn't hit homers in that place & when he got to Cincinnati, his true low level talent was exposed so he was always making excuses why he didn't do well there, usually it was because of his "injuries"! 😂😂😂 Until Griffey got to Cincinnati I had never heard in baseball the term "soreness" as an excuse to miss games. Thanks Kenny, we're still trying to overcome that terrible trade.

@blacjackdaniels200 4 жыл бұрын

I’m not a Mariner fan but this was a bad career choice. He should have stayed in Seattle or gone to another team’. The Reds are terrible.

@abelincoln5698 4 жыл бұрын

Every baseball player from Cincinnati wants to play for the Reds and will do so if they get a chance. And if you don't step up your conditioning after you turn 30 you will get hurt no matter who you play for. Jr was lazy

@oeao2841 4 жыл бұрын

Worst move in MLB history...Cincinnati ruined his career...if it aint broke don't fix it...whats confusing is that he's from Pennsylvania and the annohncer said that he wanted to play for/with his father but he already did that in Seattle

@RoundingThird 4 жыл бұрын

He was born in PA but raised in Cincinnati. His dad played for the Reds and was a coach for the Reds in 2000 and there was a possibility he could have been manager. His family is mostly in Cincinnati or Florida so a little easier to travel to. Some people in Seattle, probably the same kind of cool kids that like to bully me for sharing videos, sent him death threats in his last year or 2 there. It was a great move for Seattle and was something Reds fans always wanted. When I was young, if I had his talent, I would have left any team in the world to play for the Reds the first chance I had, for cheap. I have to politely disagree with 'the worst trade' since there was a guy named Babe Ruth and the Reds did trade Frank Robinson who went on to win a triple crown and was still hitting 20+ bombs in 8 of the 10 years after he left. And astroturf likely did most of the damage. It just didn't surface until a year after he left. Those hamstrings were not likely to hold up any better in the giant outfield that Seattle has now. If you're a Seattle fan you got 116 wins and a really good center fielder in his prime to replace Griffey who'd already hit 2/3 of his HRs for Seattle.