For an outfielder, he had every tool at an elite level. The _complete_ package.

Amen

Yeah if his injuries hadn’t caught up with him he would’ve been in the running for Ruth’s record, but after I think his knee injury in Cincinnati he never really came all the way back. Time catches up to all of us.

@@millmr20 not only that, but I believe he would have been the all time home run king instead of Bonds.

Such a great humble guy too. All around magnificent

@@xaviermccorriston1511 yes he definitely was.

Absolutely! I lived there from ‘87 to ‘10 and thoroughly enjoyed not only the greatest of the Mariners but also the Seattle Super Sonics. Really good memories of attending most of those games!

It's the reason he couldn't stay healthy, unfortunately. The consequences of being the double goat. Best hitter and fielder ever.

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Had he taken care of his body in Cincinnati, he could have probably been the home run king.

@@ethanweeter2732 He was aging and didn’t use steroids.

I was at that game…..unfortunately I was 8 years old and was in the bathroom when he made the catch. My dad and younger brother saw it

​@@michaelcorbi7335 Sorry you missed it.

Lucky enough to see him play a lot during my childhood. He was like trout with max charisma until injuries took over

Can’t tell you how thankful I am to have been a kid in Seattle in the 90’s. Grew up in the Kingdome with Griffey, Edgar, Randy and so many other great players . Some of my earliest baseball memories were watching Griffey play next to his dad.

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I’ll be ordering it again very soon lol

Are you trading raul ibanez

@@therealbs2000 Raul Ibanez doesn’t have the power, batting, speed like he did in his prime. But he does hit some homeruns once in a while. I did a lot of trades for the Seattle team. One season I made trades to get Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, on the Mariners with Griffey.

@@josecarranza7555 ibanez is the most important player in the game. He helps build dynasties

@@therealbs2000 Lol

You know, I got so confused. The catch at 3:57 where he robs Ruben Sierra looked almost identical to the broken wrist catch from 95 except that he's wearing the older Mariner uniform minus the teal. And it looked like he wasn't really hurt on that one. But I really thought that was the broken wrist catch when watching this video because they are so similar to look at. I was like no way he has 2 catches like there where he kind of plants his spikes into the wall at 3 feet high and extends across the wall with his arm to make a ridiculous grab. But he does.

Ok, half of the announcers

They knew how good he was. You always respect the best player if he is not an asshole.

If he didn’t get injured he probably would have been all time HR leader with 3000 hits and like 15 gold gloves prolly

He "took care of himself" lol he got hurt and missed time. That's what happens in a 162 game season when you avoid PEDs dummy

@@millhousemillard2140 exactly

@@lachlaneberle2889 and if Bonds got pitched to he would have 1000, stfu with the “what ifs”

That’s untrue he “didn’t take care of himself”. He beat shit out himself playing 200 miles an hour and at 36-37 his body broke down like any normal human not juiced on roids. The media and MLB fucked Griffey saying “he didn’t take care of himself” so Barry Bonds could justify gaining 25 pounds of round muscle and doubling his home runs from 37 into his 40s. Total horseshit

Then you haven’t been watching baseball for long

Did you just find out about Griffey? Cus that's the only explanation... Lofton and him were the best outfielders of their era.

​@@JezuzIsLord griffey and Andrew Jones were the best CF of that era and Jones is the best defensive CF ever and arguably the best defensive player perod

Wait 4 Julio bruh

Bonds

@@McStrokeAvision Bonds was on steroids. I mean yeah if you don't care if the player is clean than Bond's but there's a reason he's not in the hall of fame.

@@jamieeaton7839 Bonds, idgaf about what they think I think for me. Bonds is the greatest player I’ve had the privilege to see play Griffey is second.

@@McStrokeAvision yeah who cares about the hall of fame lol Griffey Jr was in a league of his own and till about 1999 and than Bond's and Big Mac started to do the drugs if Griffey in his prime would have been using he would have hit like 80 home runs! It's cool if you like Bond's better dude but history don't lie.

🤣 It’s Barry Bonds or Willie Mays and it isn’t close.

@@Max-wd6og definitely not Bonds, you don’t get to be a multiple time steroid cheat and call yourself the GOAT, and Willie couldn’t lace Griffey’s cleats, nice try though clown 🤡

It's not even a debate.

Jones was the best defensive player ever not only CF

Not really the stupidest thing to say, he did get turned around and the fact that he was able to correct himself and still male the catch really emphasizes the greatness of the catch. Guess that's just my opinion tho.