Willie Mays, Griffey and legacy

[cebbigh]

No disrespect to Atlanta but this was the right choice. Garret Anderson might be a better choice for you anyway. Seattle loves Griffey and Safeco is the House that Griffey built. The Mariners wouldn't even still be here if it wasn't for Junior. Sounds like the clincher in the decision was May's call to Griffey. Some things are bigger than a single season. This is one of them.

 

[HD MM]

No disrespect to Atlanta but this was the right choice. Garret Anderson might be a better choice for you anyway. Seattle loves Griffey and Safeco is the House that Griffey built. The Mariners wouldn't even still be here if it wasn't for Junior. Sounds like the clincher in the decision was May's call to Griffey. Some things are bigger than a single season. This is one of them.

Yep. That's what I said here....

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1710893-post838.html

 

[hallrk]

Sadly,Griffey is going to replace Ernie Banks as the greatest player to never play in the World Series.

 

[SamCdbs]

Griffey has 611 HRs. In some alternate universe where Bud "Light" (Kennesaw Molehill) Selig is some unimportant Chevy dealer, Griffey is getting the praise he deserves as 4th on the list of all-time HR hitters and has at least 120 more than anybody who has played since 1973, and we are having discussions about what might have been had he stayed only average healthy.

In our universe, that was stolen from us.

 

[Jimbo]

Griffey has 611 HRs. In some alternate universe where Bud "Light" (Kennesaw Molehill) Selig is some unimportant Chevy dealer, Griffey is getting the praise he deserves as 4th on the list of all-time HR hitters and has at least 120 more than anybody who has played since 1973, and we are having discussions about what might have been had he stayed only average healthy.

In our universe, that was stolen from us.

HAD he stayed healthy, he possibly would have been with Seattle his whole career or at least finished it with Cincy .....
I think the Cincy fans and management would have been thrilled to have a healthy Griffey there.
He would have easily past the HR records had he stayed healthy, but you can look and see that alot of careers would have been different had they stayed healthy.

I've watched and like the trio of Mariners since they arrived there.

Griffey, Alex Rodreguiz and Randy Johnson ....
I know Johnson was with Montreal first, when he got to Seattle he was still a wild throwing lanky pitcher, came a long way from then.

Jimbo

 

[AntAltMike]

...you can look and see that alot of careers would have been different had they stayed healthy...

Like Tony Conigliaro's.

Or Smoky Joe Wood:

(In 1913), Wood slipped on wet grass while fielding a bunt in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He fell and broke his thumb, and pitched in pain for the following three seasons. Although he maintained a winning record and a low ERA, his appearances were limited as he could no longer recover quickly from pitching a game. Wood sat out the 1916 season and most of the 1917 season, and for all intents and purposes ended his pitching career.

- from: Wikipedia