Unforgettable Moments: Ken Griffey Jr's Remarkable 1995 Season With The Seattle Mariners

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Thank you for your interest in this video. NOTE: I would like to acknowledge a pronunciation mistake I made as I accidentally said "The Kingdom" instead of "The Kingdome". I apologize as I noticed the pronunciation mistake really late into the editing process. Enjoy the video and tell me what are your thoughts about Ken Griffey Jr.

[@samlombardo4194]

All time favorite player

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Glad I was able to make a video about Ken Griffey Jr. for you. Thanks for watching the video and thanks for the comment.

[@trickolas78]

Agreed brother

[@jonpike9991]

Growing up in Philly back inter league play was new. Phils played AL East. When he went to the Reds in 2000. I got to see him play live he on the down side.

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Hey Jon, thanks for commenting. I remember those early interleague days only playing the other league division with the geographical similarity (my word usage was poor there). But anyways, that had to have been strange to see Jr in person in a Reds uniform. Thanks for the comment and enjoy the rest of your summer.

[@jonpike9991]

@@90sSportsNostalgia my Dad saw him play in Seattle back in 96 at the Kingdome.

[@GermanSantos-xs3nu]

I just wished that Ken Griffey Jr and the Seattle Mariners could've won the American League Championship Series to win their 1st pennant and advance to their 1st World Series appearance in 1995 against the Cleveland Indians to represent the city of Seattle. Ken Griffey still could've broke the Home Run Record and had become a league leader in home runs. At least he won the American League Most Valuable Player. Now we are going to start the year of 2024 and it took the Seattle Mariners years for them to get back to becoming playoff contenders again. However, its going to take the Mariners to break away their long championship drought to win their first World Series even if its their first appearance. I wonder what happened with the Kingdome and Safeco Fieldhouse in the city of Seattle?

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

I think it was the early 95 season... had to have been.. our teacher had let us watch Jurassic Park on one of the last few days of school. there was nothing else to do. I asked her if I could bring this VHS tape I recorded on my VCR at home. It was a Mariners game where Griffey had hit some homeruns. All us boys thought it was the greatest thing to sit there and watch that in class. Even better than Jurassic Park.

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

That's a great story. I would have loved to have seen Griffey and the Mariners instead of Jurassic Park any day. Thanks again for the comments.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

I loved when the Mariners were on ESPN baseball night. Such a great American league offense. Griffey was such an athlete though he should have avoided some risks. I'm sure the Mariners would have traded that one out to have Griffey back for those 70 something games. There were some really beautiful Griffey baseball cards I remember seeing in school friends' collections back in the day. I was a kid in 1995. Man baseball was so much better back then.

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Thank you so much for the comment. I really enjoyed reading it.

[@steelcurtain187]

Such a great young team. Wish they would have won one

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

You are correct, so much young talent. I might do a video asking who had the best MLB offense in the mid-late 90s (Seattle, Texas, Cleveland?). I might get different answers. I want to say the Angels but I know that is the wrong answer. Which offense would you take from that period? Thanks for the comment; sorry that I didn't reply to your comment on the Jason Williams video because I had to delete that video and re-upload it. Thus, due to the video being deleted, the comments were also deleted. Thanks again and have a great summer.

[@lauracook2810]

Griffey Jr is the man

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Griffey Jr was quite the talent. I love Frank Thomas but I have to admit that Griffey Jr was the face of MLB in the '90s. Thanks again.

[@lauracook2810]

This guy griffey Jr is super hot

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching the video.

[@j_r_3404]

MLB really robbed Junior of his first 50 Homer season in '96. He homered in a game that was eventually rained out and was never made up. Seattle finished 85-76 (161 gms) and Junior finished w/ 49 home runs in 140 games. Would have been the first of 3 straight 50 Homer seasons. A feat that only he and Babe Ruth would have shared. McGwire also did it, but was juiced to the gills. I honestly believe had it not been for that, the strike in '94 & the broken wrist in '95 Junior would have smacked 50 every year from 1994 to 1998. People forget he was at 40 HRs in 110 games in '94. A no-steroids-all-talent player that was simply the best player in a game full of roided up players. To me... that's the most impressive thing.

[@RainBRiding]

Great clip of Pat Mahomes Sr getting bombed on by Ken

[@90sSportsNostalgia]

RainB Riding, what an tremendously awesome observation. Thanks for pointing that out. I totally missed that. Great comment. Have a great summer.