Mavric Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Might be time to sell that Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card..... Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 75% needed to be elected. Quote Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 People were thinking Jr would be the first to he 100%, I was hoping he would. Now I hope that Jeter doesn't get it. Quote Link to comment
mrandyk Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Might be time to sell that Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card..... ESPN had a piece on his 24 most memorable moments. One mentioned his rookie card and how it is worth way less than one might suspect because so many cards were produced and so many people anticipated Griffey being a star. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/684873994537975808 That absolutely shocks me that no other #1 pick is in the hall. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Might be time to sell that Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card..... ESPN had a piece on his 24 most memorable moments. One mentioned his rookie card and how it is worth way less than one might suspect because so many cards were produced and so many people anticipated Griffey being a star. Yeah, I have no idea what it's worth now. I actually won it in a drawing and should have sold it back right then. It went down as he went along but I haven't paid any attention for probably 20 years. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/684873994537975808 That absolutely shocks me that no other #1 pick is in the hall. Keep in mind the draft wasn't started until 1965. Griffey was drafted in 1987, so you really wouldn't expect anyone later to be in yet. That's only 22 guys who didn't make it. A lot of them were drafted out of high school, and it's even more of a crap shoot for a high schooler to make it big. Still, you'd think a couple more would've made it, but very few were even remotely close. Harold Baines and Darryl Strawberry were probably the closest. Baines topped out at 6%, not sure how close Strawberry got but not very. A lot of no-names and journeymen players on the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_Major_League_Baseball_draft_picks For the future, Chipper Jones looks likely? ARod has the numbers obviously but the roids probably keep him out unless sentiment changes. Too early to say on Joe Mauer or other younger guys. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I didn't know when the draft started. Thanks for that bit of info. Strawberry would have made it if he could have stayed away from the white powder. Personally, I think that if a gambler can't make it in, guys like Arod shouldn't either. Quote Link to comment
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