Ken Griffey Jr.-The HOF Interview 2016

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

8 жыл бұрын

On January 6, 2016, Ken Griffey Jr. was welcomed to immortality when he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association. The Hall of Fame sat down with Ken in New York City just hours after he was introduced to the world as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2016. This is a portion of that interview.
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@aaronanon3056 8 жыл бұрын

One of the absolute greatest players I've ever seen play the game.

@dennisalmodovar3764 4 жыл бұрын

No no that’s where your wrong. HES THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME

@swisscheese6456 3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisalmodovar3764 barry bonds says other wise but griffey is at least top 5

@jeffmohr8366 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely without question

@Philostipher 3 жыл бұрын

@@swisscheese6456 Bonds couldn't make half the plays Griffey did, hit hit a lot of homers but thats what happens when you shoot roids in baseball. Griffey could do it without the roids.

@jeffsworld1015 8 жыл бұрын

greatest ive EVER SEEN and im an ASTROS fan griffey is my all time favorite

@GasGotti 8 жыл бұрын

Seriously he is the absolute best I've personally watched. He seriously made the home run into what it is today and did it clean.

@philliesnickcastellanos2024 4 жыл бұрын

I’m a Phillies fan and he’s one of my all time favorites

@Bwianman85 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute legend. One of the most exciting players in history. I miss watching him play so much!

@seb0001 8 жыл бұрын

What a humble guy

@why-why-whywhywhy 7 жыл бұрын

srouanet1 - LMFAO!!!😂

@madvadermusic1026 4 жыл бұрын

VoltaikB Is boss for good reason

@jesuschristislord6790 2 жыл бұрын

sort of hard to believe its sincere. He had a hof career at the end of 1998. So hes been hof ballot safe for 20 years. Its not like it was some nail biter. He knew he was going in the hof when he was in his 20s

@sXSniping 7 жыл бұрын

Can't believe it's already been a year since he was elected into the hall of fame crazy Griffey you are one of my heroes and one of the greatest to ever play!

@thegolflife7565 5 жыл бұрын

The greatest player of my era because he did the correct way. He didn’t cheat, was a great role model and sportsmen and was so competitive and played his best when his team needed someone to step up.

@themlbkid619 2 жыл бұрын

A fantastic person on and off the field was an awesome experience meeting him at Camden Yards in 1998

@Cuddyscott84 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't many ppl. I idolized as a kid & wanted 2 grow up 2 be like. He's it. I taught myself 2 bat left handed & very good 2 to be like him. Stood in the box like him.

@paulsummers2640 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview. And great interviewer. Asked questions and just listened.

@johnrolhand486 8 жыл бұрын

he looks like a big cuddly cute bear

@MickDRangerX 8 жыл бұрын

He was/is a lot nicer and lovable than a lot of people think. He had a lot of late career injuries and instead of juicing up on steroids he healed the right way. He played baseball pure. If he didn't, he would have had damn near 800 homeruns.

@GasGotti 8 жыл бұрын

+Mick D that is so true bro. I was devastated that he didn't recover quickly but as you said he never juiced up ever. If he woulda stayed healthy he'd probably ended up with 800+ for sure. GOAT

@jav4406 7 жыл бұрын

Mick D thats why I respect him so much he is my idle XD

@RAM243VALDEZ 7 жыл бұрын

John Rolhand wow really bra

@mikeyoungblood1642 6 жыл бұрын

He comes off aloof in other interviews, but I think that is because he is a shy, private man and I get that.

@brooklynbenders7297 8 жыл бұрын

It's like a party in my mouth and everyones invited!

@BeegYoshi24 8 жыл бұрын

Haha love the Simpsons reference!

@monstercdog24 8 жыл бұрын

You wanna get technical Griffey is the closest to roger Maris 61 home run record Griffey hit 56 all skill no pill needles or enhancements.

@ianm89 7 жыл бұрын

"all skill no pill" love that colloquialism, stealing it!

@monstercdog24 7 жыл бұрын

ianm89 lol that was an accident I didn't realize I was dr suess

@theroaringblaze2742 6 жыл бұрын

How do you know that he was clean?

@BrownBrown270 3 жыл бұрын

@@theroaringblaze2742 honestly I dont believe he was. Still deserved the HOF though.

@awdxs123654 5 жыл бұрын

This is what a real hall of famer should be, nice attitude and of course talented.

@catherineleavy3746 3 жыл бұрын

The best swing ever! My brother grew up with posters of you and practicing your swing! Great person all around

@Therango32 7 жыл бұрын

My boy junior been eatin them ballpark hotdogs since retiring. 😂

@SuperSonicHot 4 жыл бұрын

MAAAAAAANNNNN YOU AIN'T LYING

@jesuschristislord6790 4 жыл бұрын

he lifted weights from age 14-40. Let the man have a hotdog in peace.

@ironspade 5 жыл бұрын

He looks like a nice guy and now I know he is one. Most beautiful fluid swing in baseball.

@noahwilson1641 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for POSTING!!!

@RobandDaveLPs 6 жыл бұрын

Ken Griffey Jr Would have been home run king if he never retired due to injures

@dsmerjosh5 5 жыл бұрын

Haha. Read the post dude. Says "would have been". Fact is Griffey was on pace to crush it before the injuries started. Fact.

@Philostipher 3 жыл бұрын

@@dsmerjosh5 i calculated it out once, if Griffey didn't get the injury bug he'd have best Bonds by like 30~50 homers. On top of that the dude was the definition of a 5 tool, the reason he got hurt so much was that he just played the game and played hard and wasn't worried about protecting his body cause to him that's how you play the game. Theres a reason everyone respects Griffey.

@erichvonmanstein6876 3 жыл бұрын

I cant believe its over. I remember like it was last week when he hit a double off Stew for his first MLB hit. Now, hes in the Hall of Fame. Jesus where has the time went? Im slowly losing all my boy hood heros to father time. Its just not fair.

@testicularchin-slapper9686 3 жыл бұрын

Always will be my favorite player in MLB. I taught myself his swing as a kid- and i can hit homeruns just as well lefty (i'm right-handed)

@TheGeoScholar 8 жыл бұрын

44 likes and no dislikes. So far, so good.

@USMC3883TJ 8 жыл бұрын

+TheGeoScholar 62 now. One of the best to do it and by far the Sweetest Swing!

@TheGeoScholar 8 жыл бұрын

T.J. Pegher One of the greatest ever.

@MattGerberTV 8 жыл бұрын

+TheGeoScholar In my personal opinion, he IS the greatest ever. Just imagine if he didn't always injure himself by doing anything to catch the ball lmao.

@MickDRangerX 8 жыл бұрын

Not only that, he did it the right way and never juiced.

@mikeyoungblood1642 6 жыл бұрын

Sweetest swing in the history of baseball. If he didn't play outfield all those years on Astroturf, he would be the HR King, not Barry

@Diggerdog2nd 3 жыл бұрын

What a player. If not for 10 of his 22 seasons missing a significant number of games he would have broke every hitting record there is. And of his remaining 12 there's only 6 seasons where he even played over 150 games

@joshd.godfroy4761 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite player growing up next to mark McGwire

@hvasquez24 4 жыл бұрын

i want to meet this guy :(

@victorygaming8611 4 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine watching griffey play tennis

@agurobe 3 жыл бұрын

he looks and sounds like eazy e son

@theswingmechanic Жыл бұрын

how do you not follow up with , "Wait, your high school team beat your dad's major league team? Seriously?" Interviewer says nothing about it after Griffey says that. WTF.

@davidpeters44 8 жыл бұрын

3 Yankees fans

@foxfairchild2458 5 жыл бұрын

No reason for Yankees fans to be pissed mariners never beat us kiddd😘

@arlichar11 5 жыл бұрын

wow he been completely off the map.... was just wondering what happen to him

@ghostship85 7 жыл бұрын

no peds or some peds...IDK. Either way- He's first class

@KC-bg1th 4 жыл бұрын

His stats follow the natural progression of a natural human being to the T. Griffey was just good, and if he did use steroids, I find it hard to believe it was for anything other than a recovery process. His OPS was never over 1.1, but he made consistent hits, and had an amazing swing. I think he’s similar to his generation’s Mike Trout.