By Trevor Winsor Baseball – man what a sweet, sweet thing. Baseball is so much more than a sport to me. It’s so much more than a few hours on a diamond shaped field. Baseball is more than just a bunch of dudes throwing, catching, hitting and running. Baseball is perfection – pure, old school,…
NEWS The BBWAA elected two new Hall of Famers. Ken Griffey Jr. (99.3) highest % ever and Mike Piazza (83.0). The next closest were Jeff Bagwell (71.6), Tim Raines (69.8), Trevor Hoffman (67.3), Curt Schilling (52.3), Roger Clemens (45.2), Barry Bonds (44.3), Edgar Martinez (43.4), Mike Mussina (43.0), Alan Trammell (40.9), Lee Smith (34.1), Fred…
My Hall of Fame votes are in and here’s what I came up with. This year was a little bit tougher than last year. I changed my mind on a couple players from last year. Tough decisions were made and they were tough. Note: Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza and Tim Raines have already been…
By Josh: The moment that the Hall of Fame officially announced the newest list of eligible players a debate has come out as to whether or not Ken Griffey Jr should be the first ever unanimous decision into the Hall of Fame. Honestly it is crazy to me that there hasn’t been a unanimous decision…
By Kelly: What does Junior mean to me? Let me start by saying I’m a baseball fan so of course I’m a fan of Junior. In terms of the 9 Inning Crew I would say Josh and Trevor are bigger fans then me. They grew up in the Pacific Northwest and I’m a California boy…
By Norm: I never was a huge Ken Griffey Jr. fan. Don’t get me wrong, Griffey is a future Hall of Famer and one of the greats of the game. I did catch him in San Bernardino in 1988 when he played for the Spirit. So, with that said I will talk about something else.…
By Trevor: As a young pup (born in ’88) I got to grow up watching Ken Griffey Jr. play for the Mariners. He was drafted a year before I was born and broke into the Majors when I was 1 years old. I obviously don’t remember watching him play for my first 5 years of…
In honor of Ken Griffey Jr’s induction into the Seattle Mariner Hall of Fame a few weeks ago, the 9 Inning Crew has each written up a post talking about how Griffey impacted them as a fan. He was The Kid and in many people’s eyes, the savior of baseball in Seattle. By Josh: There…
By Trevor: Of the many different types of approaches to the game of baseball, there is one that brings a team together more than all others, this is the “balls to wall,” “dirt-dog,” “hard-assed” player. Modern examples of this: Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Edmonds, Chuck Carr, Bryce Harper, Yasiel Puig, Derek Jeter, Josh Reddick, Coco…
For anyone who knows my family you would know that I was destined to be a baseball fan. It’s hard not to be when most of my early childhood memories are being at the softball fields for my dad’s games. There was always something special about being at the fields for me as a kid.…
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