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hehe, no problem Flint, but you're right, on the rare occasion that we do get to see Edgar in a cap, it does look rather strange... looks almost like a trucker cap...
The Kid Griffey Jr. wearing the BEST cleats in the Game!
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Edgar used to play first..but I think that changed when Tino Martinez got to Seattle...Edgar= best DH before David Ortiz showed. I heard Griffey could've went back to Seattle to play..but Seattle was stingy w/ the money. Retro Griffey Maxes would be hot.
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Patents.....
Griffey and Alexander. I'm in the pic.....partially....Griffey gave the dude in the white hat his batting gloves.
Mike, here's what the charity ball logo looks like. Dudes are trying to flip them for nearly twice the price locally.....
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Griffey and Alexander. I'm in the pic.....partially....Griffey gave the dude in the white hat his batting gloves.
Mike, here's what the charity ball logo looks like. Dudes are trying to flip them for nearly twice the price locally.....
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Yeah, I was watching the 10.5 Diamond Fury's...my size no less. I had to bow out after going on vintage Griffey Mariners shopping spree over the last couple of weeks. I really hope that him wearing the Griffey Max is a sign that Nike is planning rereleasing that model. I would love to see one of the style he's currently wearing along with one of the old colors. The Griffey Max and Diamond Fury are two out of only a handful of models that I sweated even more than Jordans back in the day!!!
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Did Griffey randomly pick that guy out for the batting gloves? Glad to see him interacting well with the fans again. I can remember getting his autograph a few times back in his Seattle days. But ever since he came here to Cincinnati he has signed nothing. I know because I have tried on numerous occasion. I've even heard numerous stories from fellow collectors that have had zero luck. It would be even nice if he did the 1,000 ball promotion here in Cincinnati too. I know I would be all over that.
Heelintoe-
Did Griffey randomly pick that guy out for the batting gloves? Glad to see him interacting well with the fans again. I can remember getting his autograph a few times back in his Seattle days. But ever since he came here to Cincinnati he has signed nothing. I know because I have tried on numerous occasion. I've even heard numerous stories from fellow collectors that have had zero luck. It would be even nice if he did the 1,000 ball promotion here in Cincinnati too. I know I would be all over that.
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Yeah, the guy was random.
For those of you that wear 8.5. There's a pair of clean Emerald Diamond Fury's on the Bay for a reasonable BIN.
Don't feel bad on the auto's. I remember back in the day you could get authentic Griffey autographs at Costco for $20.
Here's a little something to further the fact that Griffey is a class act.....
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For those of you that wear 8.5. There's a pair of clean Emerald Diamond Fury's on the Bay for a reasonable BIN.
Don't feel bad on the auto's. I remember back in the day you could get authentic Griffey autographs at Costco for $20.
Here's a little something to further the fact that Griffey is a class act.....
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^I was soooo pissed that I lost that auction last night. I lost it by a couple of dollars.
It hurts to see an 8.5 for that price when I can't wear them. I guess I'll have to make due with my Griffey 1's for now....
"MY TECHNIQUE ALONE BLOW DOORS STRAIGHT OFF THE HINGES..."
It hurts to see an 8.5 for that price when I can't wear them. I guess I'll have to make due with my Griffey 1's for now....
"MY TECHNIQUE ALONE BLOW DOORS STRAIGHT OFF THE HINGES..."
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heelntoe: yea i peeped the ball on the BMB. I would have bought one SO quick at that price... did you happen to snag one? speaking of him being a class act.. this 
i'm white. since that matters....I'm moving up in the shoe game at break-neck speed...
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That's crazy. I finally know where the jockstrap picture came from.
As far as the ball, my buddy is holding one for me. I pick it up this weekend.
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As far as the ball, my buddy is holding one for me. I pick it up this weekend.
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(images from pickyourshoes)
That's what I'm talking about..does anyone else love this shoe like me I like all of Griffey's shoes but this stands out to me for some reason.
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IMO, the best G8 is the SE Low. Have you seen those?
I'll take a pic of them when I get home. They're bananas.
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I'll take a pic of them when I get home. They're bananas.
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I have the BlackSilver G8s in an 11. Outlet pickup years ago.
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two great grif stories there...
how much did the ball run originally? 100?
how much did the ball run originally? 100?
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Yeah, the price for the Commemorative Charity ball was $100 retail. The money went to Children's Hospital (awesome hospital).
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maybe you guys will like this i saw it on fox sports
Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run and a nation yawned.
Ken Griffey Jr. returned to Seattle and a city went nuts.
Different circumstances? Without question. But Griffey's Seattle lovefest also provided a glimpse of the near future.
Players believed to be clean the Reds' Griffey, the Blue Jays' Frank Thomas, the Astros' Craig Biggio will be celebrated when they reach career milestones.
Players believed to have used performance-enhancing drugs the Rangers' Sosa, the Giants' Barry Bonds will face ambivalence or worse.
The usual caveats apply: No one knows who exactly did what. A player perceived to be drug-free might not be, and vice versa.
Griffey received a hero's welcome when he returned to Seattle last week. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
Still, fans form opinions, based on what they see, what they read, what they hear. And their opinions of the resurgent Griffey, 37, only seem to be rising.
Griffey, who has been an All-Star only once since 2000, ranks second among all National League players in the latest fan balloting, trailing the Mets' Carlos Beltran by just 57,642 votes. Bonds ranks fourth among NL outfielders and 10th overall.
Granted, Mariners fans saluted Griffey last weekend for helping save baseball in Seattle, not for his clean reputation. But the contrast with the national indifference toward Sosa's 600th homer was striking. Whatever their failings, Sosa, along with Mark McGwire, helped save the entire sport.
"Going out to eat, I get, 'Hey, we appreciate what you've done, sorry about the injuries, but we appreciate how you've been able to stay out of the cloud and just go out there and be yourself,'" Griffey says.
"The cloud," of course, is the cloud of performance-enhancing drugs.
Griffey, who averaged only 92 games per season from 2001-06 due to injuries, fits the profile of a player who could have benefited from performance enhancers, which can help prevent and heal injuries if used in moderation.
But Griffey maintains that he was never tempted to try the drugs.
"No," Griffey says. "There was no reason. I don't even like to give blood. You can ask my current employers about taking a life-insurance test. I'm like, 'No.'
"For me, it's long-term. Not everybody knows what is going to happen to your body 20-30 years from now. There are benefits from performance-enhancing drugs. I have an aunt that needs it. Roger Clemens' mom, before she passed (did, too).
"If you were doing it for medical reasons? Absolutely. But just to play a game? No."
Meanwhile, the countdowns continue.
Thomas hit his 500th home run on Thursday, while Biggio recorded his 3,000th hit. Griffey is 16 homers short of 600. None has been linked to performance enhancers, not in Jose Canseco's book, not in the BALCO case, not in other federal investigations. Thomas has been even more outspoken than Griffey about his opposition to steroids.
The reactions to their respective milestones could be muted due to the increased offense of the era and overall skepticism surrounding it; many fans have grown numb to the numbers.
Griffey, Thomas and Biggio also play in relatively low-profile markets rather than major East and West Coast media centers.
And Bonds, in Griffey's estimation, will dwarf them all, simply because he is on the verge of breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755 homers.
"One guy is going for 750," Griffey says. "You look at the situation. Mark was at 70 (in 199
. Sammy was at 66. I was the low man on the totem pole with 56. Not too much was said about me. It's always going to be the guy on top who gets the most attention."
Griffey says he never thinks that he would have been the "guy on top" if not for his injuries. Yet in 2000, he became the youngest player in history to reach 400 homers, a feat since surpassed by Alex Rodriguez. Griffey was 30 at the end of that season, averaging a homer every 14 at-bats.
From '01 to '06, he lost about 250 at-bats per season compared to his previous averages in non-strike years. At his past home-run rate, that translates to about 110 homers. By this time, then, he would have been closing in on 700 if he had stayed healthy and productive.
But the what-if game? You're talking to the wrong guy.
"That's for everyone else to second-guess," Griffey says. "I have one job to do and that's catch as many flyballs as I can and when I'm hitting, get as many hits as I can; if on the bases, take the extra base.
"There's only one way to play. If I had been messing around doing something stupid and got hurt, then you can say, 'What-if?' But not (when you're) going out and playing as hard as you can. You can never look back. There's no reason to. I never do it."
He's right, of course. It's baseball. Things happen.
As it stands, Griffey needs only two home runs to tie Frank Robinson for seventh on the all-time list. His 21 homers this season tie him with Reds teammate Adam Dunn for second in the NL behind the Brewers' Prince Fielder, who has 27. Griffey also ranks fifth in the league in OPS; Bonds is first.
Publicly at least, Griffey professes no concern for things he cannot control trade talks, public perceptions, etc. He speaks of how he grew up not as a power hitter, but as a player who learned the little things from his father, Ken Griffey Sr., who hit only 152 career homers. He says he teaches his son, Trey, that effort is more important than numbers.
If Griffey could write his legacy, what would it be?
"That throughout everything he's gone through he never gave up," Griffey says. "I felt it was not my time to retire. I've had a little bad luck, but look at the alternative. I still get to do what I do, and that's play baseball.
"There are some people who can't enjoy what they love to do. I get to do it. I'm not upset about anything that happened in my career. There are little bumps in the road. You just keep pushing."
People appreciate it. Now more than ever.
Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run and a nation yawned.
Ken Griffey Jr. returned to Seattle and a city went nuts.
Different circumstances? Without question. But Griffey's Seattle lovefest also provided a glimpse of the near future.
Players believed to be clean the Reds' Griffey, the Blue Jays' Frank Thomas, the Astros' Craig Biggio will be celebrated when they reach career milestones.
Players believed to have used performance-enhancing drugs the Rangers' Sosa, the Giants' Barry Bonds will face ambivalence or worse.
The usual caveats apply: No one knows who exactly did what. A player perceived to be drug-free might not be, and vice versa.
Griffey received a hero's welcome when he returned to Seattle last week. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)
Still, fans form opinions, based on what they see, what they read, what they hear. And their opinions of the resurgent Griffey, 37, only seem to be rising.
Griffey, who has been an All-Star only once since 2000, ranks second among all National League players in the latest fan balloting, trailing the Mets' Carlos Beltran by just 57,642 votes. Bonds ranks fourth among NL outfielders and 10th overall.
Granted, Mariners fans saluted Griffey last weekend for helping save baseball in Seattle, not for his clean reputation. But the contrast with the national indifference toward Sosa's 600th homer was striking. Whatever their failings, Sosa, along with Mark McGwire, helped save the entire sport.
"Going out to eat, I get, 'Hey, we appreciate what you've done, sorry about the injuries, but we appreciate how you've been able to stay out of the cloud and just go out there and be yourself,'" Griffey says.
"The cloud," of course, is the cloud of performance-enhancing drugs.
Griffey, who averaged only 92 games per season from 2001-06 due to injuries, fits the profile of a player who could have benefited from performance enhancers, which can help prevent and heal injuries if used in moderation.
But Griffey maintains that he was never tempted to try the drugs.
"No," Griffey says. "There was no reason. I don't even like to give blood. You can ask my current employers about taking a life-insurance test. I'm like, 'No.'
"For me, it's long-term. Not everybody knows what is going to happen to your body 20-30 years from now. There are benefits from performance-enhancing drugs. I have an aunt that needs it. Roger Clemens' mom, before she passed (did, too).
"If you were doing it for medical reasons? Absolutely. But just to play a game? No."
Meanwhile, the countdowns continue.
Thomas hit his 500th home run on Thursday, while Biggio recorded his 3,000th hit. Griffey is 16 homers short of 600. None has been linked to performance enhancers, not in Jose Canseco's book, not in the BALCO case, not in other federal investigations. Thomas has been even more outspoken than Griffey about his opposition to steroids.
The reactions to their respective milestones could be muted due to the increased offense of the era and overall skepticism surrounding it; many fans have grown numb to the numbers.
Griffey, Thomas and Biggio also play in relatively low-profile markets rather than major East and West Coast media centers.
And Bonds, in Griffey's estimation, will dwarf them all, simply because he is on the verge of breaking Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755 homers.
"One guy is going for 750," Griffey says. "You look at the situation. Mark was at 70 (in 199
Griffey says he never thinks that he would have been the "guy on top" if not for his injuries. Yet in 2000, he became the youngest player in history to reach 400 homers, a feat since surpassed by Alex Rodriguez. Griffey was 30 at the end of that season, averaging a homer every 14 at-bats.
From '01 to '06, he lost about 250 at-bats per season compared to his previous averages in non-strike years. At his past home-run rate, that translates to about 110 homers. By this time, then, he would have been closing in on 700 if he had stayed healthy and productive.
But the what-if game? You're talking to the wrong guy.
"That's for everyone else to second-guess," Griffey says. "I have one job to do and that's catch as many flyballs as I can and when I'm hitting, get as many hits as I can; if on the bases, take the extra base.
"There's only one way to play. If I had been messing around doing something stupid and got hurt, then you can say, 'What-if?' But not (when you're) going out and playing as hard as you can. You can never look back. There's no reason to. I never do it."
He's right, of course. It's baseball. Things happen.
As it stands, Griffey needs only two home runs to tie Frank Robinson for seventh on the all-time list. His 21 homers this season tie him with Reds teammate Adam Dunn for second in the NL behind the Brewers' Prince Fielder, who has 27. Griffey also ranks fifth in the league in OPS; Bonds is first.
Publicly at least, Griffey professes no concern for things he cannot control trade talks, public perceptions, etc. He speaks of how he grew up not as a power hitter, but as a player who learned the little things from his father, Ken Griffey Sr., who hit only 152 career homers. He says he teaches his son, Trey, that effort is more important than numbers.
If Griffey could write his legacy, what would it be?
"That throughout everything he's gone through he never gave up," Griffey says. "I felt it was not my time to retire. I've had a little bad luck, but look at the alternative. I still get to do what I do, and that's play baseball.
"There are some people who can't enjoy what they love to do. I get to do it. I'm not upset about anything that happened in my career. There are little bumps in the road. You just keep pushing."
People appreciate it. Now more than ever.
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Good read. Thanks for sharing.
As promised, here's the pics of the G8 Low SE.
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As promised, here's the pics of the G8 Low SE.
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wow, never seen those before... quite nice...
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Man those were low SEs??? I wanted to pick those up a couple years back just cuz JR was on the sole wearing a Mariner's jersey....what's the style code for those?...imma holla at Nike. We all need to call that Nike Customer Service number..and tell the reps to send feedback to the execs saying that we want 96 Air Griffey Maxes retroed. I just did it right now cuz the dude suggested that I gave him feedback to give up to them...so call 1-800-806-6453 and press 1 twice to talk to a special orders employee.
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just became a griffey fan
You know my Real Name's Trip by now, don't you?
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Thanks for the pics of the lows, I dig the Swingman logo but something about that shoe just doesn't appeal to me quite as much as the mids. I'm really loving all these pictures you guys are posting, Junior was my favorite player when I began collecting baseball cards, thus I have a ton more of his card than any other player. His swing always appealed to me because it's so sweet. I used to wish I was a lefty so I could imitate his stance and all. But I reminisce...
What are these called? They're very sweet and I've seen Griffey wearing them on some of my baseball cards.
What are these called? They're very sweet and I've seen Griffey wearing them on some of my baseball cards.
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griffey is everything that could have been...
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mhsrunner09 - Those are from 2000.
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do they still make swingman batting gloves?
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Thanks heelntoe. Really sweet cleats IMO.
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Nope they do not make Swingman gloves anymore... They pop up on eBay every once in a while and they go for quite a bit of money most of the time.
