#TheNatural #CooperstownBound Not Only did Ken Griffey Jr. make it into the HOF (Hall Of Fame) on his first bid, he received the most votes EVER (99.3%) eclipsing Mets’ legendary pitcher Tom Seaver (98.84%)! He received 437 of the 440 possible votes by the BWAA. Griffey’s swing was so natural, and field play so graceful, that when you thought of baseball your first picture was Griffey! He did it with his bat notching seven Silver Slugger awards, and on the ground receiving an amazing 10 consecutive Gold Gloves! Griffey also went to 11 consecutive All-Star… In a steroid latent era, he was considered holy

The NY Yankees paid tribute to Yogi Berra, who passed away on Sept. 22 at 90 years old, coincidentally exactly 69 years from his MLB debut. He lived beyond his years, and played beyond his peers; accomplishing 18 All-Star appearances, 15 consecutively. He was also an astounding 10-time World Series Champion with the NY Yankees, and even played and coached briefly crosstown for the NY Mets later in his career…

Some say age is defiant, some say Yahoo! Sports completely copied my style, but who is to say that 50-year old Rafael Palmeiro, a former Cubano MLB baseball star, is gonna play baseball again! Well, Palmeiro is set to join his 25-year old son, Patrick, in an independent Texas league for the three remaining games of the season… Rafael does not only get a chance to fulfill the “field of dreams” in real life, but can also re-hash his name, as he tested positive for steroids late in his career.

‘Hammerin Hank’ Aaron, the proudest (Atlanta) Brave of all-time, is about to join a group of prominent buyers and purchase the NBA Atlanta Hawks?! Hank Aaron amazed and blazed the baseball community surpassing Babe Ruth on the all-time homerun list (714) in 1974, finishing with 755 all-time! Hank continued his business prowess…

The almost retired Yankees’ captain with legendary stats, Derek Jeter, got an awesome tribute video from none other than LEGO?! This video from LEGO shows the top ten highlights of Jeter’s career! …Its good to see something for the kids, as the baseball card collecting industry has become a dull stock market entertaining adults. I mean realistically, whose parent is going to pay $5.00 a pack and let their 10-year old kid play with the cards?!