My goodness my heart BREAKS every time I think of all the missed time due to injury....had this man's body kept up with him, he would universally known and regarded as THE, single greatest baseball player to ever live.
Jr. was an extremely talented player. He made it look so easy. He had the air of just a big kid playing a kids game having the time of his life. A well deserved honor. The 3 who didn’t vote him in were “nobody deserves 100%ers”, but he did.
Ken Griffey should have got all votes cause that man was a beast. Who else has hit back to back home Runs with their dad on the same team? That man carried the Mariners on his back for years, with sum help.
This is why the baseball writers should not be allowed to vote for MVP/Cy young and voting for who is a hall of fame in their eyes when it should be the job of MLB veterans.
Lord I was 10 years old watching his rookie season and I never looked back! Still my favorite player and would have loved to meet this guy. Missed him at a cincy game due to injury. That broke my heart. Best swing ever from "the kid"
@@pokefan7897 how can you say Mariano isn’t great, he has the most saves amongst any saving pitcher in the history of baseball. You want to try that again?
These Hall of Fame "reaction" videos are WAY better when it's a borderline Hall of Famer who didn't know they'd get in. Griffey took the call and was basically like "well no shit I'm in the Hall of Fame, this is the least surprising thing to ever happen to me."
Man if I was creating an all time greatest team. He would be my starting CF. One of the best to play. Just good thing he didn’t play when social media was a huge thing. Just saying
I’m a yankee fan and I am beyond happy that Mo was the first ever player to be unanimous, however it is criminal that it took that long for it to happen. Just look at the list at 1:40. Any one of those players should of been unanimous. Some times these voters have their heads so far up their own asses and they just want to be different.
The way the baseball HoF ballot works is voters pick 10 players from the list that they think should be in the hof. Officials tally those votes and a player needs a certain amount of votes to make it. 3 voters left Griffey Jr off their lists completely. What 10 baseball players were better than Jr that year?? Those voters should be removed from ever voting again
I love that the bottom line says Barry Bonds and Rodger Clemens not inducted. I hope they never get in and if they ever do Pete Rose should be in because the steroid era was a bigger dent in baseball than Pete Rose's betting. Peds make a player stronger betting does not so if Bonds or Clemens get in so should Rose.
Brendan O'Donnell TV No they fucking shouldn't. It's laughable how sabermetrics fanatics talk as if Bonds/Clemens/AROD never cheated, and their use of PED is justified because everyone took them (which is absolutely false). Ok, Bonds clearly would have made it, but he was an idiot and tarnished his legacy because of jealousy. Clemens I guess would have made it too, with a great peak. But he would be borderline 300 wins at best, since Clemens was clearly on the downfall when he took steroids, and had less than 200 wins. He would still be considered in the BIG FOUR with Maddux/Johnson/Pedro, but Clemens would take a clear step back against Maddux and Johnson. AROD had an outrageous peak with Seattle, but outside of that, he used PED so it's hard to judge how his career would have turned out. He probably had a top tier HOF material, but so did Gooden. But again, those three cheated. And NO cheaters should go in the hall of fame. Baseball would be laughed and mocked by other people if they made the hall. The steroids basically tarnished the record books, since all of them are now "fake". Rose should never be inducted. He cheated and bet on baseball. Period. It's sickening how he mocks Ichiro's accomplishment when his hits are most likely flawed as well.
This shouldn't take away from Jr becoming a hall of famer, and not taking away from the best closer ever in Mo, but Jr deserved to be the first unanimous inductee.
Theo from Wii Sports I’ll try my best to answer this: Babe Ruth, one of the greatest hitter ever, from a defensive standpoint as an outfielder, was her better than Willie Mays, Ken Griffey. Jr., Hank Aaron. There is no player that is comparable to Mariano Rivera as a Closer. He was the best player in his position.....EVER Overall, no closers had the accomplishments, fear from his competition, and success than Rivera.
@@aaronwalker1678 Trevor Hoffman was better and way remarkable considering he played almost his entire carrer with SD...put Mariano with .500 team and no chance he get the saves record, probably no even a HOF...he was almost traded to Detroit in 1995...
Yep he knew way ahead of time he was getting elected! I was more excited when I got accepted to Arizona State earlier this year and I already knew way ahead of time I would get accepted since I met the requirements for admission.
A true victim of the steroid era... he was the best player since Willie Mays.... I'll give Bonds on his natural merits a slightly better Edge on the basepaths but Griffey was Superior to him in every other way
He was exactly what his dad wanted him to be. We all should want our children to be better versions of ourselves. To bad he was fragile in his prime. His numbers would have been bonkers.
And to think Griffy achieved this without using Steroids in an era where they were prevalent! His reason for not using them was he did not want to have to explain it to his kids, should he have been caught using them!
Why did Griffey stay in Cincinnati for so long? He should have left at least after half that contract...who’s are the 3 morons that didn’t vote for Griffey???
What 3 voters thought to themselves "Ken Griffey jr is not a hall of famer"?
xdamatox62 would like to know who those 3 voters were and ask them "What were you thinking."
They said they didn't vote for him because they didn't think that anybody should be unanimous. in other words they're assholes.
Who thought to themselves. "you know Nolan ryan was good but not hof good"
Daniel Tremillo haha that's true as well
Daniel Tremillo haha that's true as well
Have NEVER EVER seen a swing like that swing. my favorite player of all time.
stillmatic880 same here! I tried to bat left handed but I was no jr
Same
bonds
Will "the thrill" Clark
Jim Thome!?
My goodness my heart BREAKS every time I think of all the missed time due to injury....had this man's body kept up with him, he would universally known and regarded as THE, single greatest baseball player to ever live.
What ?
He sucked on the Reds.
GOAT.... Doesn't get the credit he deserves. Glad I'm a Seattle kid and seeing the best EVER smack homeruns in the dome
Babe Ruth never played for seattle though🤷♂️
GOAT? Not even close.
He sucked in his 30s
best swing i ever saw for a hitter
Wish it connected more after he became a Red.
Jr. was an extremely talented player. He made it look so easy. He had the air of just a big kid playing a kids game having the time of his life. A well deserved honor. The 3 who didn’t vote him in were “nobody deserves 100%ers”, but he did.
Or they were "75% percent is required" voters who used all of their votes on candidates who were less likely to reach that threshold.
He never made it look easy as a Red.
No, he really didn't
Does this mean that there were EXPERTS who didn't think Ryan, Ripken Jr. or Griffey Jr. should be in the Hall of Fame? Really? Who are these people?
Jon Dury they didn’t think he was a unanimous HOF’er which I think is BS
Ken Griffey should have got all votes cause that man was a beast. Who else has hit back to back home Runs with their dad on the same team? That man carried the Mariners on his back for years, with sum help.
This is why the baseball writers should not be allowed to vote for MVP/Cy young and voting for who is a hall of fame in their eyes when it should be the job of MLB veterans.
@@somebodiesnobodyshhhh dope feat however not criteria for hall of fame entry
Plenty of us. Griffey was great in his 20s, and sucked in his 30s. That's no a unanimous choice.
Lord I was 10 years old watching his rookie season and I never looked back! Still my favorite player and would have loved to meet this guy. Missed him at a cincy game due to injury. That broke my heart. Best swing ever from "the kid"
You forgot "one of" one of the best swings ever.
The sweetest swing in the MLB
True Hall of Famer!
I was there. What a great speech, what a great player. Real deal Hall of Famer.
You were in the room?
Not as a Reds player
Congratulations big time Ken! I want to thank you so much for being such a great role model for youth and adults! God bless all from Patrick
Role model? He plays a kids game for a living. Get real
I can’t believe he didn’t get 100%
Cause 100% HAD to be a skanky Yankee. Imo Mariano Rivera isnt that great. Its all cause people love the Yankees.
@@pokefan7897 how can you say Mariano isn’t great, he has the most saves amongst any saving pitcher in the history of baseball. You want to try that again?
True baseball greatness mixed with a confident humility. Not everyone can achieve the first part but everyone should aspire for the second.
Until he became a Red, that is.
Still wanna know who didn’t vote for griffey
Why, what can/would you do about it?
Those who didn't vote 4 griffey 2 get the Hof on the first ballot should go work in a factory or something n leave baseball alone
Wrong. You should continue your work, at that same factory
Troll
@@geeskin5750 Yes, you are
Would have hit well over 700 HR without all the injuries... but at least he didn't cheat.
simplygu Or at least he didn’t get caught cheating
@@denault6 steroids can't create a swing that brilliant
@@denault6 you're a moron. The guy was not on roids
Imagine if he did cheat...900
Not proven he didnt useand no, he wouldnt of hit over 700 he was only injured for about a season and a half
I love how he reacts like he just given a new bat
The sweetest swing in any sport.
These Hall of Fame "reaction" videos are WAY better when it's a borderline Hall of Famer who didn't know they'd get in. Griffey took the call and was basically like "well no shit I'm in the Hall of Fame, this is the least surprising thing to ever happen to me."
Disagree.
MLB is so proud of him for not cheating.
Got proof? Then shut up
They'd be prouder if he was good in his 30s.
He’s not retired this is ridiculous, he’s on my Mariners roster, MLB the show 2018...
One of my favorite games ever was mariners vs white Sox...Thomas vs griffey
Did they even need to call him 🤷♂️
Besides Freddie Lynn, the sweetest left side swing ever.
Man if I was creating an all time greatest team. He would be my starting CF. One of the best to play. Just good thing he didn’t play when social media was a huge thing. Just saying
Willie mays
He had the cleanest most fluid swing I’ve ever seen in a ball player.
Fucking legend, my favorite player ever and an idol of mine growing up.
The thumbnail makes it seem like the plant is telling him that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
SHOULD OF BEEN 100% OF THE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats brother
He is like who didn’t vote for me
🎶"Call call call me Junior "🎶
ONLY 437… just ridiculous. Should’ve been unanimous without question.
Best player i ever saw.
If I was Griffey I would demand to know the name of those three people that didn’t vote for me.
the best. 630 HR
I’m sure he was floored. Kidding.
congrats brother
Begin launch sequence!
Long live griffey jr.
The GREATEST hitter of ALL TIME
I’m a yankee fan and I am beyond happy that Mo was the first ever player to be unanimous, however it is criminal that it took that long for it to happen. Just look at the list at 1:40. Any one of those players should of been unanimous. Some times these voters have their heads so far up their own asses and they just want to be different.
Mariano sucks. Ichiro is way better. Same with Griffey and edgar. Destroyed Mariano.
@@pokefan7897 lmao ok
So glad he did not get unanimous votes. Only the greatest, Mariano Rivera deserved that honor!
Those 3 voters who voted against Griffey should have their future voting rights revoked. Guys like Griffey is what the HOF is made for lol
Legend
3 stupid writers that should have their voting privledges taken away forever...
The way the baseball HoF ballot works is voters pick 10 players from the list that they think should be in the hof. Officials tally those votes and a player needs a certain amount of votes to make it. 3 voters left Griffey Jr off their lists completely. What 10 baseball players were better than Jr that year?? Those voters should be removed from ever voting again
Should've been unanimous
Just imagine Ichiro and ken Griffey jr playing when Griffey was in is prime bro I would be scared
Thats because you're a simp
To this day I do not understand how you possibly could not vote for him
I love that the bottom line says Barry Bonds and Rodger Clemens not inducted. I hope they never get in and if they ever do Pete Rose should be in because the steroid era was a bigger dent in baseball than Pete Rose's betting. Peds make a player stronger betting does not so if Bonds or Clemens get in so should Rose.
Brendan O'Donnell TV You're crazy if you think Griffey took Roids
Brendan O'Donnell TV So you assume any great player is taking PEDs?
Brendan O'Donnell TV No they fucking shouldn't.
It's laughable how sabermetrics fanatics talk as if Bonds/Clemens/AROD never cheated, and their use of PED is justified because everyone took them (which is absolutely false).
Ok, Bonds clearly would have made it, but he was an idiot and tarnished his legacy because of jealousy.
Clemens I guess would have made it too, with a great peak. But he would be borderline 300 wins at best, since Clemens was clearly on the downfall when he took steroids, and had less than 200 wins. He would still be considered in the BIG FOUR with Maddux/Johnson/Pedro, but Clemens would take a clear step back against Maddux and Johnson.
AROD had an outrageous peak with Seattle, but outside of that, he used PED so it's hard to judge how his career would have turned out. He probably had a top tier HOF material, but so did Gooden.
But again, those three cheated. And NO cheaters should go in the hall of fame. Baseball would be laughed and mocked by other people if they made the hall. The steroids basically tarnished the record books, since all of them are now "fake".
Rose should never be inducted. He cheated and bet on baseball. Period. It's sickening how he mocks Ichiro's accomplishment when his hits are most likely flawed as well.
John Smith Also Roids don't give you skill
You can take Roids and be garbage
And don't act like people already in the Hall are clean😂😂😂
Dib _ble you have to admit, the steroid era was pretty exciting
The names of those 3 voters against Griffey, Jr being in the HOF should be published for the world to see and recognize their complete incompetence.
Who were the 3 to leave him off?
This shouldn't take away from Jr becoming a hall of famer, and not taking away from the best closer ever in Mo, but Jr deserved to be the first unanimous inductee.
I’m confused on how Mariano Rivera was unanimous and Babe Ruth wasn’t like wtf
Theo from Wii Sports I’ll try my best to answer this:
Babe Ruth, one of the greatest hitter ever, from a defensive standpoint as an outfielder, was her better than Willie Mays, Ken Griffey. Jr., Hank Aaron.
There is no player that is comparable to Mariano Rivera as a Closer. He was the best player in his position.....EVER
Overall, no closers had the accomplishments, fear from his competition, and success than Rivera.
It is "tradition" by some of these older and thankfully retired/dead BBWW writers that no player should get in first round.
@@aaronwalker1678 Trevor Hoffman was better and way remarkable considering he played almost his entire carrer with SD...put Mariano with .500 team and no chance he get the saves record, probably no even a HOF...he was almost traded to Detroit in 1995...
@@aaronwalker1678 dont be stupid he wasnt even the first to 6 or 7 hoffman was
@@aaronwalker1678 and did you forget babes cy youngs
"Experts"
He deserved it more than Mariano!
Sorry, no
He never did steroids either.
He was the best player of that era.
Must be hard to act surprised about something you knew was going to happen in the year 2000.
Yep he knew way ahead of time he was getting elected! I was more excited when I got accepted to Arizona State earlier this year and I already knew way ahead of time I would get accepted since I met the requirements for admission.
Jr should of been a unanimous choice
The only player I see that can beat this current record, is Ichiro. Let me know your thoughts on this.
34stzoo same here, maybe Derek Jeter
LEGEND, if he would is stayed healthy 1,000 homer runs without any drugs, ALL NATURAL
Pretty sure we all knew he was going in
Should have been 100%
Imagine not voting for him…
Only 400 voters i thought it would be thousands
Major League players should vote for who gets into the hall of fame not some dam writers whos never played the game at a high level
The Natural
Who were the 3 writer smh definitely unanimous
The real goat 🐐🐑🐐 drugs free 🆓🆓
A true victim of the steroid era... he was the best player since Willie Mays.... I'll give Bonds on his natural merits a slightly better Edge on the basepaths but Griffey was Superior to him in every other way
Should got 470
Who in the hell were the three that didn't vote for the Kid? Un-real these writers.
He was exactly what his dad wanted him to be. We all should want our children to be better versions of ourselves. To bad he was fragile in his prime. His numbers would have been bonkers.
And to think Griffy achieved this without using Steroids in an era where they were prevalent!
His reason for not using them was he did not want to have to explain it to his kids, should he have been caught using them!
Now it's Jeter 🤞🏽
437 voters like what up with that just for him I will do fake email and vote 1000000 time before the get arod in
99.3%? Please explain that trash to me. Please
Why did Griffey stay in Cincinnati for so long? He should have left at least after half that contract...who’s are the 3 morons that didn’t vote for Griffey???
Three who probably didn't think anyone should ever get in unanimously. Before the Rivera fiasco, there were always a couple of those voters.
437.......🤦♂️ What the fuck
The 3 people who didn't vote him in were probably Yankees fans
Maybe not I'm a lifelong Yankee fan and I love Griffey lmao
🐐
who voted against him
It is absolutely disrespectful to Ken Griffey Jr. and the sport of baseball that he was not the first unanimous inductee into the Hall of Fame.
Those 3 voters are no doubt Yankee fans.
Who were the 3? Come on, lol..
It's a no brainier
If he would have stayed healthy for most of his career. He would easily be the home run champion right now.
Dont be stupid he was only hurt for a year and a half you think he could hit over a 130+hr in a year and a half? Idiot.
He should have said Duh!
The 3 that didn't vote for him should not have that job because they don't know baseball
Now the real question. Who were the three deadbeats that either withheld their vote or skipped on Junior?
Not unanimous????? All sportswriters and specifically baseball writers are stupid for not checking the chest and chins of their colleagues for that!
All I heard was 3 writers should be banned from voting
Too bad it’s the writers who decide such things.
Who were the 3 idiots that voted against him
If Griffey wasn’t the first unanimous HOF vote, I’m glad it was Mariano Rivera.
Oh.
Screw.
That.
The first unanimouses should've been the no-brainers from the first class. Ruth definitely, probably Cobb as well.
Legit forgot this guy existed...he fell of the face of the earth
First half of Griffey's career - definitely HOF.
2nd half - sucked.
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