Exclusive: Ken Griffey Jr. Details Secret Superstition From Playing Days
A little too late to warn his teammates, but...
Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. If Ken Griffey Jr. believed something was helping him perform at the top of his game, none of us should be silly enough to argue.
Griffey hit 630 home runs in his illustrious Major League Baseball career, spread across 22 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox. He was a no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Famer, ranking seventh all-time in home runs, 17th in RBIs, and 53rd in hits. Baseball players are notoriously superstitious, and Griffey recently revealed that he had such a strong one that it created a fairly unbelievable midgame story.
If you like our content, choose Baseball Now as a preferred source on Google. "I don't touch anybody's equipment unless I ask them," Griffey told Baseball Now as part of Budweiser’s 150th anniversary celebration ahead of Opening Day. Like if somebody says, hey, go get my can you bring my glove?
I don't put my hand in people's gloves, I don't use their bats... Nah. " What would happen if someone touched Griffey's glove, you ask?