The newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is one of the coolest, smoothest and greatest baseball players ever in Ken Griffey Jr of the Seattle Mariners. Griffey was one of the most popular players of our generation. Ken Griffey Jr. was a home run hitting machine and a defensive wizard in centerfield where he was infamous for making over the shoulder, diving, and home run stealing catches. Griffey had everyone out in their backyard trying to emulate his spectacular over the shoulder catches. Ken Griffey Jr. has without question the prettiest swing ever in baseball that many observers call beautiful and effortless. Griffey was the coolest baseball player in the 90’s where everybody wore their hat backwards like him and wanted have a Griffey jersey and wear #24. Junior had some of the tightest non-basketball Nike sports shoe in the game and his kicks always on point with a strap, a #24 stitching, and one of the coolest logos in his trademark swing. He was always the leading vote getter for the All Star game and was always the main attraction during the home run derby (If Griffey wasn’t participating, I wasn’t interested in watching). Griffey won three home run derby’s including back-to-back titles in ’98-99. Ken Griffey is the 5th on the all-time home runs list with 621 and counting. Ken Griffey is considered one of the best ever to do it not only for his phenomenal home run prowess but for his defensive wizardry where he won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves in centerfield, BANANAS. Ken Griffey Jr. was so good during the 90’s that many historians felt that if it was for his injuries (usually because of his Gold Glove acrobats in centerfield) that he would be easily considered as the best baseball player of all time and probably the all time home run leader as well, WOW. Nobody went harder than Griffey in the outfield while making it look effortless or persevering and overcoming season-ending injuries which shows how much he loves the game to keep on getting back up after falling down. So just like a fly ball in center is an easy can of corn, the newest inductee into the JerkishBehavior Hall of Fame is Ken Griffey Jr.
5 JerkishBehavior Moments
1. During the ’95 1st round playoff series against the New York Yankees, Ken Griffey Jr. led the Mariners back from a 0-2 series deficit to winning 3 games in a row and scoring the series-winning run. Griffey’s game winning run saved baseball in Seattle which led a video game being named after him (“Ken Griffey Jr’s Winning Run” on Nintendo) and a new stadium to be built in Seattle which is now called Safeco Field and is nicknamed the “House that Griffey Built”, WOW, JERK!!!
2. Ken Griffey Jr. is an all-time Gold Glove winner that is a list of nine of the greatest defensive players from the last 50 years.
3. Ken Griffey Jr. is a member of baseball’s All-Century team.
4. Jackie Robinson’s (who broke baseball’s color barrier) number 42 is retired by all of baseball. Ken Griffey Jr. was the first player to ask the commissioner if he could wear 42 in honor Jackie Robinson Day and the commissioner agreed and encouraged others to the same in honor of Jackie Robinson.
5. In a tribute to Michael Jackson’s passing, Ken Griffey Jr wore a single white glove instead of his traditional two black gloves, who does that?
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