I wanted to emphasize AS A RED because I don't mean as far as his entire career goes, because I think in the end we will all remember the always smilin', backwards hat-wearin' Kid in Seattle...

 

What I mean is of his time with the Reds, what is the biggest/best memory you will have of him...

 

I'll go first... Number 1 will probably be a game I went to earlier this season vs the Pirates. Somehow we ended up sitting next to the only Pirates fans in the park, who decided to boast all night. The Reds were down going into the ninth 3-2. Ross led off with a double, and Griff, who had entered in a double switch followed with a walkoff. I caught a little bit of the two pirates fans as they left very quickly out of their seats.

 

Number 2 is probably a game last year after he came of the DL. It was his first game off the DL. The Reds had a lead the entire game and blew it in the ninth (I'm pretty sure this was complements of Stormy). They proceded to play to the thirteenth when they gave up 3 runs. Me and a buddy of mine who were at the game left at that point complaining of how they can't hold a lead and a variety of other things. As I walked into my house, the first thing I did was turn on the TV (it was already on FSN) just intime to see the first pitch to Griff with the bases loaded. Over the fence, game over. At that point, I vowed to never leave a game until it was over, ever again.

Hurt

Sadly... Sadly... Sadly... injured

As a media ploy against the Reds, even though he was hurt he contributed quite well. The media did such a good job of it, that all of the Reds fans almost jumped on board with them and haggled him his entire career in Cincy.

A good player, not great and who missed a lot of games during his time with the Reds. I always liked his consistent, sweet swing and his off the field work, that he didn't seek notoriety.

 

I think the desire to win and the 7 straight losing seasons, would affect anyone but to sum Griffey up, he just never seemed to enjoy himself as a Red.

Average player who drove in 100 runs once. Hit some milestone homeruns, stay injured.

 

Pretty much as a let down, but it is still cool to have him for a while....

A great player whose spirit was willing but the body was not....Most of all I will remember him as clean.

As excited as I was when I was a kid the day they got him. That's the last baseball jersey I have ever gotten (my 1st since being a kid).

I would love to see him win it all this year but I'm really glad he is gone production wise. I think it was time for both to part ways. I appreciate him coming home, I hope he feels like home is always home and I'm excited about the potential the Reds have in front of them these next couple of years. I just think it was time for a new page in history.

I don't know how you can look at his career as a Red and not think injury.

Lazy Fat Slow

Since Griffey apparently told Marty Brennaman that he (Griffey) wouldn't change a thing

about his nine years in Cincinnati, I would say that remembering that one of the greatest

to ever play the game, not just as a Red, but as a major leaguer, played through his time

in very frustrating fashion. Frustrating for the team; for the fans; for himself.

As one of the best players ever. Someone that could have taken the shortcuts his friends in the game were taking, but didn't. A family man, and a great human being. Too bad some miss the forest through the trees...

I'll remeber him as a player whose name never came up linked to any steroid report during one of the darkest times in baseball history. In my mind, Junior will be one of the greatest to ever play the game, not because his time in Cincinnati or Seattle, but because he did things the way they were supposed to be done. He was clean from drugs, and had a love for the game that is unmatched. I remember the days of the backwards hats and HR Derby's. Those are some of my best memories. I know some may call him a disrespect to the game for wearing his hat backwards but personally I do not have a problem with it and others may call him lazy for failing to run out a ground ball, but do not say a word when Brandon Phillips does the same thing. Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the great players to ever play the game. Period.

Lazy Fat Slow

 

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Great player that was plagued with injuries.

I think what I will remember most about Jr. as a Red, is the awful injuries. And how much I respect him for not using steriods to help those injuries. I hate the fact that he had to get into it with Brantly, but I believe he wishes it wouldn't of happend.