Griffey Jr Retires

[gingi79]

ESPN is reporting that Ken Griffey Jr. has retired.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5244661

[justinwc80]

It's a sad sad day, I don't think he really got a chance this year but here's a toast to one of the greatest of all time!

[Fnazxc0114]

theres no telling what he could have done if he'd stayed healthy all those years. Ill never forget the catch he made against the rangers where he jumped in to the wall and broke his wrist.

[spartakid]

Definitely one of the best as both a player and a person.

[STLHAMMER32]

When a player has 630 Hr's, 10 Gold Gloves and 11 All-Star appearances under his belt you wouldn't think that the first thing to come to mind would be "what could have been". However, thats what I think of when Griffey Jr gets brought up. He was one of the best to ever play even with the injuries....still you can only imagine what could have been.

[cjclong]

In nearly 50 years of watching baseball Griffey is one of my favorite players. A Hall of Famer, no question. He will be missed.

[flota89]

One of my favorites. I wish he would have stayed around a little longer. I wanted to see him one last time in St. Louis.

[legaleagle92481]

Best player of this generation period and unlike most of his peers he never used steroids and still was better than 99.9% of the guys using the roids if he had used he might have hit 80 homers in a season. It is a shame he never got a ring but neither did Teddy Ballgame so he is in good company.

[Schmoozer]

Prediction:

The first ever 100% 1st ballot HOF'er. He left it all on the field every play. I can't think of any player who deserved this honor more than Junior.




OK, well, maybe 98%. The BBWAA that vote won't do it, we all know that.

[Dewey2007]

When healthy, Junior was as great a player as this era has ever seen. The very definition of a five tool player but I'm happy he finally decided to hang it up. To me he had become the modern day Willie Mays. Someone who once had the skills but just didn't know when to quit. Sometimes it takes the great ones a little longer to get the memo. Unfortunately injuries ruined what would have been an ever greater career. Hopefully they already have a mold of the statue that should be going up in front of Safeco sometime soon.