There Will Never Be Another Ken Griffey Jr.
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@mar21182 21 күн бұрын
No one ever looked cooler playing baseball than Ken Griffey Jr. The sweet swing, the backwards hat, the ear-to-ear smile, the moonshot homeruns and diving catches in the outfield. Growing up in the '90s, Griffey was my generation's Mickey Mantle. He was the best, most exciting player I ever saw.
@sanperchannel9560 16 күн бұрын
Yep he was all that and more dude was an absolute sensation It was so awesome growing up on baseball in the 90s 💯
@gregpenismith1248 16 күн бұрын
Not only did Barry Bonds look just as cool as little Kenny Jr, but was exceptionally more talented.
@scottd7222 15 күн бұрын
I'd say he was best left hand hitter of that era and Manny Ramirez from the right side
@gregpenismith1248 15 күн бұрын
@@scottd7222 Tony Gwynn was better than both of them. Between Barry and Tony, no one is even close in talent.
@italianmiltyfriedman6264 13 күн бұрын
well said
@gilgamarsh 22 күн бұрын
How could you not include the 500th home run ON FATHER'S DAY, hugging his dad afterwards who was in the crowd? Seriously, one of the most unlikely and mythological moments in MLB history
@WBCHelpSaint 19 күн бұрын
His swing will forever be the smoothest power swing in the game.
@lovelessissimo 17 күн бұрын
Matt Kemp came close.
@gregpenismith1248 16 күн бұрын
Barry Bonds had a better swing than both of them.
@pokepook5388 10 күн бұрын
I'm 38 years old and he is still my idol . I played ball for 15 years and I always wanted to be like him . He is GOAT status in my eyes
@bochafish 21 күн бұрын
Every baseball fan loves Ken Griffey Jr., doesn't matter which team you root for. I enjoyed watching him at the end with the White Sox. Ended his career with an awesome outfield assist.
@sKarr6988 20 күн бұрын
I love baseball and I dont like him
@jacobjensen1380 20 күн бұрын
@@sKarr6988why not?
@DrewMalidore 19 күн бұрын
@@jacobjensen1380lol
@potentially__9445 9 күн бұрын
@@sKarr6988you just want to be different! 🤦🏾♂️
@tatertots0046 7 күн бұрын
I don't love him because he's VERY OVERRATED. He's not the most talented player even in his own era(A-Rod & Pujols)
@gilgamarsh 22 күн бұрын
I couldn't click this video fast enough, only player to hit back to back homers with his own father on the same team (will almost certainly never happen again) and then hit his 500th on Father's Day with his dad in the stands - MYTHOLOGICAL
@mikesnow4735 22 күн бұрын
I watched that game as mariners fan I fallowed him all his career
@DrewMalidore 19 күн бұрын
Can't forget about ripken Sr and junior
@85mcarnold 21 күн бұрын
My favorite team ever is the 1995 Mariners. Griffey, Randy, and Edgar all in their primes.
@mrfabuloso91 21 күн бұрын
11:00 anddd Tony Gwynn's shot at becoming the second player in history to end the season with BA of over .400. Man how the 1994 season would've turned out is truly one of biggest "what if" moments in baseball.
@thegrandoti00 16 күн бұрын
Yeah! We crowned Tony Gywnn "Contact Supreme."
@jakegilpin1145 6 күн бұрын
Esp Montreal should’ve had a team
@arthurkorff 22 күн бұрын
I'll never forget Griffey's home-run robbing catch of Lou Collins' opposite field shot in the 1994 playoffs.
@winser21 22 күн бұрын
The Twins always choke in the playoffs. It didn’t get any better when Heywood was replaced by Macnally either!
@arthurkorff 21 күн бұрын
@winser21 wish heywood would buy the A's
@emmitbrown5631 20 күн бұрын
Saved The Units A$$. 😂
@Andy_Babb 21 күн бұрын
I was a kid growing up when Junior came up, got to watch him when he came into Fenway a couple times… that dude was just fun to watch and that swing. Looked so sweet, so effortless and so freaking good - especially in his early days.
@Kr8zyVids 14 күн бұрын
Growing up in Seattle during his reign was amazing and you could feel the electricity when he came to the plate. Every hit to centerfield was also something he made memorable
@warp9pk767 18 күн бұрын
i sacrificed my swing for a solid year trying to mimic griffy... lmaooooo i went from a .542 batting avg to like .3something just pretending im ken griffy jr... as a kid... hahahah it cracks me up nowadays... but griffy was the shit to watch live when u were a kid...... truly....
@DUCKDONKEY 15 күн бұрын
Grew up in Seattle in the 90’s. Saw Griffey Jr. in person 20 times a season. Amazing!! Imagine if he actually trained?!
@brandocalrissian3294 20 күн бұрын
My favorite player of all time but that aside i truly believe had he not been injured he would be the all time home run king.
@thatguyronwaiters6485 2 күн бұрын
Easily
@jtothed81 22 күн бұрын
He inspired me to wear my cap backwards. Sweetest swing of all time.
@m.o.5291 21 күн бұрын
you did us wrong. You needed to add at least 24hours of that swing replaying😂 the sweetest swing ever
@S_Over_Street 21 күн бұрын
Playing on that hard Kingdome astroturf took a toll on Griffey Jr on both his knees in his years with the Reds. Same thing happened to Andre Dawson too playing in Montreal on the hard astroturf with the Expos.
@geraldrobertson7871 21 күн бұрын
For me, growing in the Era, that I did. He is the Greatest Of All Time. Still my favorite player, all ways will be.
@bigtay522 16 күн бұрын
Let us not forget how great his snes game is. It sits in my entertainment center to this day, 30 years later.
@justinstilwell7841 5 күн бұрын
Wasn’t it on N64
@ronnieturner6820 22 күн бұрын
Bonds and Griffey were/are actually good friends. Bonds had taken him under his wing early on with their similar childhoods linking them. Griffey was actually in the small group (at his own house) that first heard Bonds say he was considering taking steroids to keep up with Mac and Sammy.
@JazzyJeff910 20 күн бұрын
KGJ was the reason I played and still love baseball today. I still remember the first time I ever heard about who he was. My coach would always say things like Good hit Ken Griffey. Nice catch Ken Griffey. I would ask, who’s Ken Griffey Jr with absolute seriousness. lol Being a 6 year old lefty CF’r in the mid-90s, he was everything I modeled my game after up until I was 14. Even wore 24. Griffey should easily be recognized as top 5 of all time. Clean, pure talent, and wasn’t full of drama. A pure baseball icon and idol.
@danielodom9305 7 күн бұрын
Sweetest swing I have ever witnessed. He was so cool and fun to watch every single game!
@va960 22 күн бұрын
9:12 That's where the SNES game "Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run" comes from
@adamk8892 21 күн бұрын
Can't forget about Ken Griffey Jr's Slugfest on N64!
@kevinumber7 14 күн бұрын
Damn I didn't know that depression by Griffey. I shed a tear right now. Griff, we love ❤️ you!
@duhbigcat1848 21 күн бұрын
Every baseball fan loves Ken Griffey Jr.
@sKarr6988 20 күн бұрын
Nah not me
@mikesnow4735 19 күн бұрын
@@sKarr6988why ?
@SmoothCriminal12 22 күн бұрын
Here's an interesting tidbid. Before being traded to the Reds, he almost joined the Mets. They had offered Roger Cedeno Octavio Dotel (both later dealt for Mike Hampton), along with Armando Benitez. And recent acquisition Todd Zeile had structured his contract in anticipation of Griffey joining NY. But Griffey ultimately vetoed the trade because he felt the Mets had rushed him into a decision.
@brandonhamilton6136 21 күн бұрын
🥹 man, that Seattle team, Edgar, Randy, young A Rod, and of course Kenny G! Ken was literally the perfect MLB player, he had all the talent Bonds had but had the charisma that Bonds didn’t! He’s a big reason why I fell in love with the game!
@theshortstopgaming 14 күн бұрын
No mention of the Bone?! Cmon man lol I too miss that team. I grew up a couple hours south of Seattle but every year they hosted Little League Day. Walk the field, watch some of the team during their warmups. Shit was incredible. I really miss loving baseball as much as I did back then.
@trevander1able 21 күн бұрын
I was at that 1 game playoff in '95 with the Angels, when Randy Johnson pitched a beautiful complete game!! Best game I've ever seen live
@esco7183 7 күн бұрын
Griffey still lives on till this day 🔥
@awn11 22 күн бұрын
It’s a good day when MTC uploads
@goldteethpoohproductions2707 22 күн бұрын
I swear sometimes life ain't fair smh. How in the hell Seattle couldn't win just 1 ring with Jr,Arod,Randy Johnson,and Edgar Martinez all on the same team smh with Jay bruner. I'm still baffled as a 40 year old man lol 🤦🏿♂️
@fortynights1513 22 күн бұрын
Poor bullpen and lower rotation left at least something to be desired. Also turning down the trade of Felix Fermin for Mariano Rivera hurt too.
@goldteethpoohproductions2707 22 күн бұрын
@@fortynights1513 Got damn they could of gotten Mariano?!!!! Smh damn
@decker528 21 күн бұрын
If I remember right, there were a few other solid players on some of those teams too
@Seantherightway06 21 күн бұрын
@@decker528Tino Martinez and Joey Cora to name a couple more. Got to meet Jay Buhner at a Walmart in Arlington. Even as a lifelong Rangers fan, I loved going to the games against the Mariners because they were fun to watch. Even though they’re in our division, I will always have a soft spot for the Mariners and hope they get to experience what we did this past year.
@decker528 21 күн бұрын
@@Seantherightway06 I remember Dan Wilson being a decent catcher and I can't remember who played third but it seemed like he was ok. Russ something. Seems like they had a good closer and norm Charlton was in the bullpen at one point too
@weirdbeard1980 21 күн бұрын
Had alot of fun watching jr as a kid and going to the kingdome to see the M's play. Even got to go to game 4 of the ALDS in 95' which was when Edgar hit two homers and drove in 7 rbi's
@UndercoverNormie 22 күн бұрын
We worshipped that swing as kids lol
@theshortstopgaming 14 күн бұрын
Did the best we could right or left handed to mimic it.
@chunglehunt2266 18 күн бұрын
All of my teen years were during the time Jr played in Seattle. Living outside of Atlanta, I was always a Braves fan. However, I never knew anyone I interacted with who loved baseball who didn’t love Jr as well. His swing was like poetry in motion and I’m just glad I was able to witness it while it happened.
@JohnnychimpO907 6 күн бұрын
I don’t even like baseball, but when Griff was playing I absolutely loved to watch him. Dude was one of those all around incredible athletes, just like Bo Jackson.
@jamieaguilar5911 15 күн бұрын
Best Griffey memory was him him winning a softball championship in 1992 when he was recruited by Mr. Burns to play for his Nuclear Power Plant team
@ninji5226 13 күн бұрын
That swing was perfection with a side of cool. Also Ken Griffey Jr baseball is still one of the best baseball video games of all time. Sucks how many great players, and players that were going to be great, were taken out by injury, cant out train genetics.
@ryanpenrod1859 8 күн бұрын
I was a kid in Seattle during this time, and he was almost a demigod for us small baseball players/fans. I remember trying to swing like him while playing backyard baseball with my best friend. Wish I knew back then how much I should have treasured those rare times.
@DylanPetrohilos 22 күн бұрын
Griffey was my favorite player when I was 8
@elcee3292 18 күн бұрын
Dude looked flat out graceful, like a bullfighter at the plate. Just dripped swag
@Kxji 16 күн бұрын
I saw a video of Griffey playing golf and even his golf swing is so pure.
@LDQBBQ 6 күн бұрын
I saw a ton of him as a Ranger fan. Despite him routinely torching Ranger pitching, I had great appreciation for Junior. It was just great seeing an obvious once in a lifetime talent play baseball in our yard.
@Akkbar21 20 күн бұрын
As a Seattle native, Griffey is the best player I’ve ever seen play in person.
@jmdcomplexity1034 21 күн бұрын
Griffey will forever be my favorite baseball player of all time. He was everything i loved about baseball all in 1 player. Argue with me all ya want, but Griffey will always be my goat.
@bigwigglystyleyadigg 12 күн бұрын
I hate when people accuse Griffey of steroids. Dude was half the size of the mongaloids. He was the best all around player for a decade. Injuries costed him goat status. He had that much potential
@Nfnf889 2 сағат бұрын
Ken Griffey jr baseball was the best game ever. No one can convince me otherwise. Forget “mlb the show”
@CapnJack1 22 күн бұрын
growing up as a lefty in the PNW Griffey and later Ichiro are my favorite players of all time
@rayrichard4665 18 күн бұрын
The very reason why I played baseball and still love the game today, I eventually went on to play basketball in high school and college but baseball is my favorite sport and KGJ inspired me to
@kurt556 22 күн бұрын
Long awaited subject from the best in the sports content game, fantastic as always MTC
@billyskittles1036 19 күн бұрын
He was growing up, still is and always will be my favorite player of all-time.
@bluealvey 13 күн бұрын
My favorite athlete ever.
@KingSuperIdiotZN2000 20 күн бұрын
Best swing ever. Period.
@erickruiz-hl5vs 16 күн бұрын
I was born in sf… but since 89” I was a Mariners fan 🙌🏻🙌🏻🥳
@patrickanderson4602 17 күн бұрын
I grew up watching JR. In Seattle. Love the man
@paulrindahl2500 17 күн бұрын
Best I've ever seen play. Trout was close but everything KGJ did was smooth.
@davidnix5211 19 күн бұрын
Great video! One of my favorite players of all time.
@Korben_DallasMultiPass 20 күн бұрын
As a 90s kid who grew up in the PNW, ken Griffey jr was an absolute god in his first 😢Seattle stint
@Gitfiddle 10 сағат бұрын
The best baseball player I’ve ever seen play. KG Jr did everything better than everyone.
@ModernCowboy78 21 күн бұрын
Still the greatest! His shoes were so dope as well! My second pair of shoes in highschool.
@KittenMittons21 17 күн бұрын
Possibly the best smile of all time
@romiem5344 20 күн бұрын
Griffey was the player that made me love baseball growing up in a big city every kid loved basketball and football but I was a avid baseball fan cuz of him I even had the Nike Griffey sneakers
@Brysonaquatics 13 күн бұрын
Sweetest swing
@sarthurl9001 11 күн бұрын
It sucks. As a child of the 90s, who feels like baseball literally saved my otherwise horrible life this video kinda makes me sad. If you were a kid who loved baseball in the 90s than Junior was quite literally INVINCIBLE. He transcended your favorite teams and players. It's impossible to do justice to what he symbolized to every child who played baseball during his era.
@BatFan1 21 күн бұрын
As a lifelong Padres fan my all time favorite player is Tony Gwynn. But outside of the Padres i had a small list of favorites, Griffey is on top of that list. Other favorites from that era were Eric Davis, Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell.
@Texas_Made_Hater_Hurta 18 күн бұрын
I’m glad I got to see the kid play, he was phenomenal
@James_Ford4815 22 күн бұрын
Look at all those beautiful giant names on the back of all the jersey's. Really depressing that we're never going to get that again and now we're all stuck with ridiculous nike/mlb/fanatics high school tiny names :(
@TSOP05 20 күн бұрын
Before I was a “Cubs Fan”, I saw this man climbing up Center Field walls, running like a boss, and hitting baseballs smoother than anyone I had ever seen. Being the real definition of cool, he made me want to watch the sport.
@kenobi2077 9 күн бұрын
My favorite athlete of all time. I remember I wanted to be left-handed so bad because of Junior.
@claydragon6055 21 күн бұрын
Jr had one of the most beautiful swings ever. In the land roided out behemoths Jr was arguably the best player in the game. He made playing the game look so easy,it was like he wasn't even trying. If he wasn't injured and was able not to miss all the games it would be interesting to see where he ranked in the best of all time talks. It would also be interesting to see just how many homeruns he would have ended up with.
@mainetain15 14 күн бұрын
🐐 Goat Griffey Jr. "Tha Kid"
@bigmeaney555 19 күн бұрын
He was pure as Cream of Wheat on a cold snowy winter Sunday morning. If not for injuries, he'd have been the best ever.
@andrewvanorden2336 21 күн бұрын
I remember being a kid and all the baseball video games had Ken Griffy Jr's name on them and all the golf games has tiger woods
@christianmitchell46 21 күн бұрын
My best memory seeing the reds play was highlighted by JR and Dunn hitting moonshots. I remember that night vividly, even though I must have been 7 or 8. I’ve never seen a smoother swing 🤷♂️
@trentsammons7748 21 күн бұрын
Maybe it's just me but i see a lot of similarities between him and trout. Both all time greats, 5 tool players when they started, never had a problem with the media or fans, liked by 99% of all fans, had their careers slow down due to injury in their early 30's and no rings.
@Cindoreye Күн бұрын
At his peak, Ken Griffey Jr. was arguably the most complete player ever -- Defense, Offense, Speed, you name it. The only players you could make an argument as being more complete were Ruth and Otahni and only b/c they also pitched. Griffey's swing was incredibly smooth and controlled. It looked effortless.
@NoWhere-wx9gh Күн бұрын
The most complete baseball player since Willie Mays. Even down to the number and position.
@adventuregames424 22 күн бұрын
I see a new made the cut video... I click. I see it's about Griffey... I click twice as fast.
@HaroonAmad 14 күн бұрын
He was the Dude
@CapAnson12345 15 күн бұрын
If he hadn't gotten injured halfway through his career he might have ended up with 3500 hits, 800 hrs. 2300-2400 rbis, 15 gold gloves etc.
@LVL100RED 19 күн бұрын
Greatest ball player of all time 💯
@raypavey1102 21 күн бұрын
He was my favorite player growing up besides Cal Ripken he was amazing
@geraldkitt 19 күн бұрын
The kid was amazing!
@axe2grind244 18 күн бұрын
He absolutely was and still is the most talented MLB player I’ve ever seen in my 45 years.
@CHARLESJOHNSON-gv7zy 18 күн бұрын
THE SWEETEST SWING IN MLB HISTORY .. KEN GRIFFEY JR#24 AKA 'THE KID' ..
@jessicagiovanni5773 14 күн бұрын
I'm not taking anything away from Ken Griffey Jr. Great player sweet swing. But... If you want a swing that is pure Poetry in Motion... Will the Thrill Clark. We love you Griffey you are one of the greats but your swing as sweet as it is will never compare to the THRILL.
@skipper4126 3 күн бұрын
Ken Griffey jnr, greatest player of the modern age. My favourite player of all time who deserves more credit is Ted Williams. When you look at how impressive that mans stats were, bare in mind he served in the airforce twice, loosing 5 years of his prime and then came back and put up insane numbers.
@NickPR87 21 күн бұрын
Griff is easily my favorite player of all-time! I wholeheartedly believe that if he had switched to a designated hitter position once he started getting injured playing defense, he could have been the greatest HR hitter of all-time or at the very least top-3.
@vladimirjackson1272 19 күн бұрын
2nd best player and most talented of all time to me behind Barry!
@nathancline4000 16 күн бұрын
Love Griffey, Jr. Amazing all around player. That said, current rising star Elly De La Cruz is comparable. Speed, range, power, enthusiasm, general attitude towards fans and media all remind me of Griffey, Jr. Easily becoming my current generation favorite player.
@Nickshelf 21 күн бұрын
My hero forever.
@FilmFan2500 9 сағат бұрын
In Griffey we trust!
@jonygspot 19 күн бұрын
Griffey jr is the goat 🐐 🙌
@otaniharrasment 14 күн бұрын
Ken Greffy＝Baseball 💚from🇯🇵
@philly799 19 күн бұрын
Just a small correction, the famous "spiderman" catch was certainly not the same catch that broke his wrist. It wasn't even the same year.
@wildcat8598 20 күн бұрын
Griffey Jr was a extremely talented baseball player and was my favorite player as a kid. Having said that in my humble opinion before his hip injury I think Bo Jackson was the most talented ever. Still love “The Kid” and I tried to mirror my swing like him😂👍
@raycostello7419 22 күн бұрын
He was the chosen one before lebron, but we all know ANAKIN is the OG chosen 1
@toppdogg2815 10 күн бұрын
I don't know about him being the most talented player of all time, but he was great
@TheGordyb102 19 күн бұрын
Having seen Mickey Mantle, Willie Mayes, Hank Arron, Ted Wiiiams, Stan Musual, Roberto Clemente , Frank Robinson, Junior easily is included with the greatest in BB. Had he played for the Yankees or Dodgers his fame would have been legendary
@theshortstopgaming 14 күн бұрын
He refused to play for the Yankees though after one of the coaches told him and his dad that Junior couldn’t be in the dugout BEFORE the game. Meanwhile, one of the other players (I forget who it was) had his son in the dugout and on the field when they told the Griffeys that Junior couldn’t be in there. At that point junior made the decision that he’d retire before ever playing for them. Fuck the Yankees!
@freethepeople4093 20 күн бұрын
Sweetest swing in the history of baseball.
@legacyofthe243 19 күн бұрын
There are only 2 athletes within the last 75 yrs that will outlive their respective sports and both happened in the 90s: Michael Jordan and Ken Griffey Jr.
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