Junior...First Ballot HOF?

Griffey is an automatic and should get in on first time unanimously.

Any player who draws a lot of arguments whether they belong or not, don't belong in the HOF.

Not the case with Griffey.

He's in.

IN!!!!!!!!!

First Ballot: Absolutely

Unanimous: No. If Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn weren't unanimous, no one will be.

In!

My last memory of Griffey as a player...this past Spring Training. His team down 3, bottom of the 9th, 3-2 pitch...walkoff grand slam!

Here's the view I had as he headed home and as I last saw him in a baseball uniform!

Followed by this...welcome home Junior!

No brainer first ballot hall of famer - no brainer.

Lat night I was watching some clips of Griffey at-bats early in his career. He had an incredibly quick and fast bat for such a long swing. My son and I just watched in amazement.

First ballot? Yup.

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Unanimous: No. If Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn weren't unanimous, no one will be.

Griffey was a much better player than those two. Injuries and all. Griffey was a dominant 5-tool player.

A better comparison would be Griffey to Arod.

First ballot ... You never know about being unananimous. Some voters don't believe in it.

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
Lat night I was watching some clips of Griffey at-bats early in his career. He had an incredibly quick and fast bat for such a long swing. My son and I just watched in amazement.

First ballot? Yup.

I watched some of the clips last night too! His bat was lightning quick in his early years (fun to watch!), but some of his defensive plays raised my eyebrows! The HR's he robbed were amazing and he was hands down the most athletic outfielder in his prime, not to mention...he had an absolute Cannon too! 630 career dingers...how many more would he have had if not for some of his freak injuries?

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Originally posted by RJM:
First ballot ... You never know about being unananimous. Some voters don't believe in it.

Yeah. That's true..But why is that? If the numbers are there and a player is head and shoulders above his contemporaries and when his name comes up, the answer is yes without thinking why he don't belong.

Do some of these peeps who get to vote have some ego thing going on knowing their vote counts for something? Did the player refuse to sign a ball or something?

I don't think Griffey''s ever been linked to roids or anything like that. You'd think, in today's game, a Griffey would be a unanimous choice.