I've been thinking a lot about who the greatest baseball player in my lifetime has been. And it may piss a lot of people off, but Barry Bonds is top 3 in my list. The one player almost everybody forgets about is Ken Griffey Jr. If Griffey did not get hurt, he would have murdered Hank Aaron's home run record. The difference between him and Bonds? There would be no asterisk in the record book. Griffey was everybody's childhood hero. He was the first guy to have his own baseball shoes named after him. He also had the greatest sports video game ever named after him. Also had some pretty incredible commercials.
What else do you need to know? Here's a few numbers to prove this point: ROY, 13 time all-star, 10 time Gold Glove winner, 7 time Silver Slugger Award winner, Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Career .284 hitter with 630 HR's, 2,781 hits, 1836 RBI's. Guy was an absolute legend. Without injury, greatest baseball player to ever play the game.
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