re: Will Ken Griffey Jr. get into the hall?

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First ballot

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Yep. The sweetest swing in the history of the game belongs no where else. Rather than a bust of his head he should get one of his HR pose.

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With the prettiest and most fluid swing ever, Griffey is a 1st ballot HOFer.

He never really got big or exploded with huge numbers out of nowhere like many from his generation. I've always believed that he and Chipper, two of my favorites, never juiced.

Had he not had the bad luck with injuries in Cincy, he likely breaks the HR record and goes down as the GOAT. For my money, he was the best to ever play the game.

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All of this. It's extremely likely The Kid would have finished as the greatest to ever play if he hadn't had injury issues.