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NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was straightforward with his Hall of Fame cap selection: His plaque in Cooperstown will have a Seattle Mariners logo and won't portray him with the brim toward ...
COOPERSTOWN — Ken Griffey, Jr. figured out the perfect finishing touch to his Hall of Fame induction speech Sunday: He pulled out a baseball cap and put it on backward. Junior, a buoyant play… ...
We didn't need a Hall of Fame vote to tell us that Ken Griffey Jr. is an icon. He was an icon before the results became official Wednesday, before 437 of the 440 Hall of Fame voters checked his ...
Ken Griffey Jr., made the backwards hat his signature look during his incredible Hall of Fame career. It was almost a shame that his Hall of Fame plaque didn't include the backwards cap. Not to ...
Ken Griffey Jr. was the favorite baseball player of thousands and maybe even millions of young fans in the 1990s not only because he was one of the best players in the game at the time but also ...
There never really was concern about which hat Ken Griffey Jr. would wear on his plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Perhaps the bigger question was if that cap will be backward. On Thursday at ...
SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr's look was unmistakable. The sweet swing. The infections smile. The backward baseball cap. It's that last one that made him unique. Fans who came out to batting practice ...
Ken Griffey Jr. is a human microfilm. No one tell any James Bond villains. Griffey Jr. enters the Hall of Fame after a 21-year career in which he hit .284 with 630 home runs, 1,836 RBI, and more ...
Many of the most iconic images of Griffey feature him in a backwards cap, even if he never wore it like that in actual games. And it completely fits with his era, his nickname -- "Kid" -- and his ...
Ken Griffey Jr.'s backward cap became his signature look. Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images But according to Complex.com , Griffey says it didn't begin as an effort to look cool.
Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza elected to baseball Hall of Fame Griffey, with the backwards cap, was baseball’s last pop culture icon, the last player that even non-baseball fans knew by sight.