From the day the Seattle Mariners made him the first pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Ken Griffey Jr. was expected to be great. Twenty-two seasons, 630 home runs and a sea of accolades later, …

Jan 22, 2025 · Ken Griffey Jr. welcomed his former Seattle Mariners teammate, Ichiro Suzuki, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in an MLB Network video shared Tuesday by MLB's …

Jul 24, 2016 · COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Hall of Fame plaque shows a beaming Junior proudly wearing a Mariners cap. But leave it to The Kid to close out his speech at the …

In a home game against the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 31, 1990, this was put to the test, as Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. both jogged to the outfield, proudly donning the Mariners blue and yellow. …

Griffey Jr., playing for the Cincinnati Reds, hit a 2-0, fourth-inning pitch from the Rockies’ Rolando Arrojo into the left field seats at Coors Field for his second homer of the season in Cincinnati’s …

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki was a near-unanimous selection for the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. That was no surprise. What was a surprise -- at least to Ichiro himself -- was …

Jan 6, 2016 · Ken Griffey Jr., superstitious as a ballplayer and unfailingly modest away from the game, has spent his life refusing to set foot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

Jan 6, 2016 · Griffey will be the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame who'll wear a Mariners cap on his plaque, having spent 13 of his 22 years in the Major Leagues with Seattle and …

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki is surprised by Ken Griffey Jr. after being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ichiro will join fellow Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (#24) and Edgar Martinez (#11), along with Jackie Robinson (#42), as the only players to have their uniform number retired by the …