he was my favorite player as a kid. I followed his career from 1997 until he retired. I was a little kid but I wanted to see him get 500 homeruns. this dude had a hall of fame career and was clean unlike a lot of other players of his generation. consistently 30 homeruns 100 rbis and 280-300 avg
Ditto. When the Blue Jays traded him to San Diego when I was a kid, I stopped being a Blue Jays fan and just cheered for whatever team McGriff was on. After McGriff retired I could finally forgive the Blue Jays and cheer for them again. :)
My favorite player growing up. I copied his batting style, I played first base and I wore the number 27 for awhile. Dude was awesome to watch and so damn consistent. No reason he why he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.
He hit like 6 or 7 in August before the strike date to reach 30 once again. I just remember being scared that strike date was going to end his consecutive streak.
@@andybassham2369 oh man. Was Braves fan because of Turner having the games on. He was my favorite player. I just liked his demeanor. Smooth and humble
There was just something different about the sound of the crack of the bat when McGriff connected. And I just loved the fact that his home run trot took forever.
One of the only sluggers other than Griffey that stayed clean and the SAME SIZE his whole career. Look at HR number 400 he was still thin!! Absolute travesty hes not HOF
Damn straight. He belongs in the Hall. Was a rock as the cleanup hitter in Atlanta. One of my favorite Braves. Clean, no drugs. Great guy. 493 home runs. One of these years he'll be selected.
@@allanbrito4645 bc they all did them. Even McGriff now that I think about it. They all took them. To say that Griffey and McGriff were clean is lunacy bc there’s no way they were clean
If McCovey, Tony Perez, Billy Williams, Jim Rice, Andre Dawson, Orlando Cepeda, Larry Walker, and Alan Trammell (to name a few) are in then I'd like to present Fred McGriff folks!
The McGriff/Fernandez for Carter/Alomar trade was the most epic of the past 30 years. At the time, a pure baseball trade. 2 All Stars traded for 2 All Stars. All in their prime, besides Robbie. Crazy stuff. Carter and Alomar became the heart and soul of those 2 Jays’ Championships.
My favourite player as a kid. My first ever game that I attended at Toronto's Sky Dome, he was one of the first, if not the first, to hit the restaurant way above the center field fence. Super consistent power hitter, and clean! He should be in the Hall of Fame for sure.
Sweetest swing and follow thru I've ever seen in the game. As a left handed hitter i tried to exactly mirror his stance and swing. Definitely my fav player of all time. The Crime Dog! Should be in the Hall already for f*** sakes
That was his Atlanta swing. He changed something up every year. Compare it to that old Toronto swing he had where his finish was a little closer to Jr's.
Class guy and clean hitting 30hr's a year in basically a dead ball era. Why he's not in the hall is complete and utter bullshit. Hit for high average for the time and with power. Loved this guy. Watched him hit a stand up inside the parker at Fulton County Stadium once, and he was a slow runner. Integral part of that 95 Series which was basically all Atlanta had to show for all of those consecutive postseason appearances.
That sweet swing and follow thru.... His quick wrists and bat speed enabled him to wait on the pitch and then release and crush. The one hand finish didn't really happen until later in his career. Check out the highlights with Toronto.
He added that finish and started releasing his top hand and added that finish because it actually kept his bat through the strike zone longer and allowed him to hit the ball out to left center and left more consistently and made him a real bitch to pitch to away.
When he first came up he stood taller at the plate, as his career progressed he got lower, then he started the helicopter behind the head follow through, when he knew he really had one you could tell by the helicopter follow through, I guess he started that with the Padres which no footage of his Padre career here...which is odd, but when he came to the Braves he already had that follow through
Crime Dog should be in the HOF!! He was my favorite player when I was a kid. I remember I wore #27 and I used to try and emulate his swing in little league. He really did have such a big, dramatic, beautiful, smooth swing. So good. And that one handed helicopter like finish! Lol
Wish I could find the homer he hit off the Phils at the Vet in game three of the '93 NLCS. The ball hit the facing of the upper deck in right center. Quite a blast.
@@theskillzreport thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that one in awhile. I forgot who had home field advantage. The braves had the better record but the divisions traded home field at that point. 93 was the last legitimate postseason before they started letting teams that failed in the regular season in.
Keith Downes against the Colorado Rockies in 1993 or 1994. Everyone thought he’d run around the bases pretty fast until Deion Sanders accomplished the same feat the next night and they put the videos of both Inside the Park Homers on a split screen. Deion was a tad faster.😀
Deion actually had to hustle for his. Slid in. McGriff crossed standing up. Can't remember Sanders hit, but McGriff's hit off that goofy looking jut out padding thing on the edge of the fence in right, and caromed back toward 2nd base. Right fielder overplayed, and didn't get much help from center. It was pretty much placed perfectly for Freddie's slow ass.
Playstation 2 MVP 2005 he was still in the game and just short of 500 hrs. I forgot if I traded a crap player for him or if I signed him because he was a free agent no worries how I got him 🤪
Everyone used to dog on Freddie Mac for doing those Tom Emansky instructional video commercials. Yeah, ok. You assholes ever realize this guy was a freaking monster for his entire career? Non Roid era? Like the only thing you could honestly say is that he wasn't fast, and he had an inside the parker with the Braves once. About a week or so after Nixon did. That little jut out corner piece of the wall in Fulton County Stadium. Fred came in standing up on that one.
It was Mile High Stadium in Denver. He hit one and Deion Sanders hit one the very next night, also in Denver. He still came in standing up, though. You’re right about that.
Fred Mcgriff was not BAD defensively. I know his defense negatively impacts his WAR but i think even experts will tell you sabermetrics from a defensive perspective have many flaws. Especially at first base. I watched a TON of his career and he was an above average 1st baseman. Not as good as Trammell was at SS obviously..... but he absolutely crushes Trammell offensively. The guy finished in top 10 of MVP voting 6 times! The fact is if he hit 7 more career HRs he would’ve gotten into HoF no questions asked regardless of defense.
It's amazing to think that no team would let him play until he got 500 home runs, not even as a DH? He was so washed up that he couldn't do it??? What a shame. He only needed a few more at 493.. Well he hit 10 post season homeruns so he's over 500 homeruns. So what's the problem HOF voters??? You put Harold Baines in and not McGriff??
he was my favorite player as a kid. I followed his career from 1997 until he retired. I was a little kid but I wanted to see him get 500 homeruns. this dude had a hall of fame career and was clean unlike a lot of other players of his generation. consistently 30 homeruns 100 rbis and 280-300 avg
Me too
McGriff is not only my favorite Braves player but my favorite baseball player of all time.
Ditto. When the Blue Jays traded him to San Diego when I was a kid, I stopped being a Blue Jays fan and just cheered for whatever team McGriff was on. After McGriff retired I could finally forgive the Blue Jays and cheer for them again. :)
McGriff makes fairly regular appearances on Braves broadcasts and at Braves events. He's still as cool as ever.
He made me have to like the damn Cubs for a short time even.
Me too.
Should be in the hall
My favorite player growing up. I copied his batting style, I played first base and I wore the number 27 for awhile. Dude was awesome to watch and so damn consistent. No reason he why he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame.
DoubleJ1203 same here that helicopter swing messed up my batting avg that year lmao
I also copied his batting style! I'm a switch hitter, but I copied his style as a right-handed batter.
@@oscarvasquez706 we all did 🤣
Did I see 493 hr y not get in the 500 club
if it wasn't for the 1994 strike he'd have 500 hrs and would be in the HOF
Thomas Palermo hell yea.... he's a HOF
He hit like 6 or 7 in August before the strike date to reach 30 once again. I just remember being scared that strike date was going to end his consecutive streak.
@@andybassham2369 oh man. Was Braves fan because of Turner having the games on. He was my favorite player. I just liked his demeanor. Smooth and humble
Good ol helicopter swing Mcgriff !
There was just something different about the sound of the crack of the bat when McGriff connected.
And I just loved the fact that his home run trot took forever.
One of the only sluggers other than Griffey that stayed clean and the SAME SIZE his whole career. Look at HR number 400 he was still thin!! Absolute travesty hes not HOF
Wish he would played till he was at 500 think he has 492
Edgar Martinez and Alan Trammell are in the HOF and McGriff isnt. literally makes no sense...
Damn straight.
He belongs in the Hall.
Was a rock as the cleanup hitter in Atlanta. One of my favorite Braves.
Clean, no drugs. Great guy. 493 home runs. One of these years he'll be selected.
@@TheChosennn how you know Griffey used roids? You upset he surpassed some of your beloved white guys from the past in homeruns?
@@allanbrito4645 bc they all did them. Even McGriff now that I think about it. They all took them. To say that Griffey and McGriff were clean is lunacy bc there’s no way they were clean
McGriff was great to watch... Love the helicopter home run! 3:55
I'm sorry, but if Harold Baines can get into the Hall of Fame, Crime Dog definitely deserves to be in!
Very true
I know right
It's a crime dog that he ain't in the hall in of fame
unfortunately if they don't like you,no hall of fame.the only way this will change if the fans take a stand
And today the Crime Dog finally got in!
This man deserves to be in HoF if for no other reason than he had such a pretty swing.
This man should be in the HoF
Amen
FACTS
He deserve to be in H.O.F
If McCovey, Tony Perez, Billy Williams, Jim Rice, Andre Dawson, Orlando Cepeda, Larry Walker, and Alan Trammell (to name a few) are in then I'd like to present Fred McGriff folks!
It’s a crime to the dog that he’s not
The McGriff/Fernandez for Carter/Alomar trade was the most epic of the past 30 years. At the time, a pure baseball trade. 2 All Stars traded for 2 All Stars. All in their prime, besides Robbie. Crazy stuff. Carter and Alomar became the heart and soul of those 2 Jays’ Championships.
He should be in the hall of fame!
Crime Dog before any Ped user. Consistent power hitter, good defender. Great guy
My man Fred McGriff. He was a beast everywhere he went. I was hoping he'd hit his 500th career HR when he was with the Dodgers. Great video man.
JustBombsProductions thanks man theres a college one co ming soon of nigel Williams
Tyler Bishop Nice!
Loved days when tbs had braves games on cable mcgriff was one of my favorite players loved that swing crime dog
That was Roid free power from the Crime Dog. Should be in the HOF. He stayed within 10 pounds of his rookie weight pretty much his entire career.
good point
most definitely
Yep
Calvin Craft very fit dude
Freddie was my favorite growing up. I am glad to have seen him play when i was little.
Griffey Jr. and Mcgriff had the nicest swings in the game
Should be without a doubt a HOF. My favourite player all time growing up
He’s a Hall of Famer.
One of my favorite all time braves. The dude just played, and made pitchers pay.
The Crime Dog-criminally underrated and my chosen swing in MLB theshow for years now. talk about a smooth player.
One of my favorite players as a kid. Long live the crime dog.
Loved watching this man swing a bat. Sooner or later Cooperstown will come calling.
this man should be in HOF, he did it legit 2
He’s in the HOF! 🎉
Cant believe hes not in the H.O.F!!! He was soooooo good!!! And I'm a Mets fan!!!🤯🤯
They finally got it right. Congratulations Crime Dog! "This is the instructional video that gets results!"
My favourite player as a kid. My first ever game that I attended at Toronto's Sky Dome, he was one of the first, if not the first, to hit the restaurant way above the center field fence. Super consistent power hitter, and clean! He should be in the Hall of Fame for sure.
Hall of Famer
HE'S MADE IT!
He deserves to be in the hall of fame
Sweetest swing and follow thru I've ever seen in the game. As a left handed hitter i tried to exactly mirror his stance and swing. Definitely my fav player of all time. The Crime Dog! Should be in the Hall already for f*** sakes
He's got the most beautiful swing.
Awesome!!!! I remember David Justice once commenting that Crime Dog's one-handed finish to his swing was a thing of beauty....
That was his Atlanta swing. He changed something up every year. Compare it to that old Toronto swing he had where his finish was a little closer to Jr's.
Class guy and clean hitting 30hr's a year in basically a dead ball era. Why he's not in the hall is complete and utter bullshit. Hit for high average for the time and with power. Loved this guy. Watched him hit a stand up inside the parker at Fulton County Stadium once, and he was a slow runner. Integral part of that 95 Series which was basically all Atlanta had to show for all of those consecutive postseason appearances.
Similar to Gary Sheffield, awful defense diminished his value quite a bit
Awful defense??🤣🤣 .992 fielding percentage over a 19 year career would say otherwise....🤡
*A crime was committed against the Crime Dog.. HOFER Fred McGriff* 🏆💍💯💯
Crime dog. I miss watching him play. He should be in the Hall with his numbers.
used to love his swing!!....
I see we have something in common Fred.
Mine is my USAF callsign. "Crimedog"
He is!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!!
That sweet swing and follow thru.... His quick wrists and bat speed enabled him to wait on the pitch and then release and crush. The one hand finish didn't really happen until later in his career. Check out the highlights with Toronto.
He did that one hand finish shit in Atlanta too. Back in the day, he said he changed up his swing every year.
He added that finish and started releasing his top hand and added that finish because it actually kept his bat through the strike zone longer and allowed him to hit the ball out to left center and left more consistently and made him a real bitch to pitch to away.
When he first came up he stood taller at the plate, as his career progressed he got lower, then he started the helicopter behind the head follow through, when he knew he really had one you could tell by the helicopter follow through, I guess he started that with the Padres which no footage of his Padre career here...which is odd, but when he came to the Braves he already had that follow through
Crime Dog should be in the HOF!! He was my favorite player when I was a kid. I remember I wore #27 and I used to try and emulate his swing in little league. He really did have such a big, dramatic, beautiful, smooth swing. So good. And that one handed helicopter like finish! Lol
He should definitely be in the HOF
How is this man not in the HoF?
Loved watching Fred play ball.
It should bring a smile to Greg Maddux's face.
Mcgriff is my favorite player of all time ⏲️ 🙌
I remember when I used to play “Triple play 2000” on ps1 , I would always hit homers using Fred mcgriff for home run derby!
Gotta love the one arm helicopter 🚁 follow-through 😉
I would love to see Fred McGriff in the Hall of Fame. He is in mine.
Ask any pitcher from that generation and they’d tell you he was as feared a hitter as there was and they’d put him in the Hall of Fame, too.
Plus he was roid free and facing pitchers that juiced.
How this man isn't in the hall of fame is an absolute travesty.
Born in 91’ Crime Dog is still my favorite player of all time
Crime dog. My favorite playwr as a kid
This guy was awesome to watch
The fact that Harold Baines and Ted Simmons are in the HOF and Fred McGriff isn't says all you need to know about the MLB HOF.
Amen...preach it
Wish I could find the homer he hit off the Phils at the Vet in game three of the '93 NLCS. The ball hit the facing of the upper deck in right center. Quite a blast.
@@theskillzreport thanks for the link. Hadn't seen that one in awhile. I forgot who had home field advantage. The braves had the better record but the divisions traded home field at that point. 93 was the last legitimate postseason before they started letting teams that failed in the regular season in.
Where's the San Diego Padres homerun highlights?As he played for my once loved West coast team during the 1992 season campaign.
I know right? And he and Gary Sheffield where a killer duo, once went back to back twice in the same game.
Man I remember that double back to back game with Sheff. This guy was the shit. True gamer, straight hall of famer.
@@arturomora8691 Gary Sheffield Commented That McGriff Had A Swing That Can't Be Duplicated
HALL OF FAME!! Bout Goddamn Time!
Man he used to hit big flies...I bet the last two were 500 footers.
HALL OF FAMER.
That is one sweet swing. Nice compilation.
He also played for the San Diego Padres along with Roberto Alomar
he didn't play with alomar in SD. Mcgriff and Tony fernandez were traded from toronto to SD for Alomar and Joe Carter in winter of 1990.
Sweet one handed swing!
THIS is the instructional video for you! He got dogged for those Tom Emanski videos, but man I loved to watch this guy.
Just got announced that he's headed to cooperstown. More than well deserved
Harold Baines is in the HOF but not McGriff...
i know ridiculous...Edgar Martinez and Alan Trammell in HOF and McGriff isnt??? wtf....
Loved his swing - and didn't pull them much
I’m actually angry that Tim Raines is in the HOF and this man isn’t
I always tried to recreate his stance and swing as a kid
Damn right.
Best nickname all time the crime dog!
We need a 99 ovr card of him in MLB 18 who agrees?
There is a diamond card for him I saw. Idk how the person got it but, they were using him.
I use him for the home run derby all the time lol. One of the most consistent center field home run hitters I've found so far
3:44. I think this is what coach meant when he said "keep your eye on the ball".
austin thompson lmao facts
tru
So smooth
His stance changed a bit when he got to the Braves. His torso came down with his butt out. Probably for power
Fred smoked that fastball Hershiser threw him in the 95 WS. That ball was crushed.
Legend against legend....see who's bigger....
he had an inside the park homer at some point, you missed it
Keith Downes against the Colorado Rockies in 1993 or 1994. Everyone thought he’d run around the bases pretty fast until Deion Sanders accomplished the same feat the next night and they put the videos of both Inside the Park Homers on a split screen. Deion was a tad faster.😀
Deion actually had to hustle for his. Slid in. McGriff crossed standing up. Can't remember Sanders hit, but McGriff's hit off that goofy looking jut out padding thing on the edge of the fence in right, and caromed back toward 2nd base. Right fielder overplayed, and didn't get much help from center. It was pretty much placed perfectly for Freddie's slow ass.
Playstation 2 MVP 2005
he was still in the game and just short of 500 hrs. I forgot if I traded a crap player for him or if I signed him because he was a free agent
no worries how I got him 🤪
one of my faves
I'm from England lol
He is a nob to ball hitter and, gets the sweet spot of the bat, to the ball. Feels like a lost art.
the best first baseman ever the crime dog
Get this man in the hall for crying out loud.
Everyone used to dog on Freddie Mac for doing those Tom Emansky instructional video commercials. Yeah, ok. You assholes ever realize this guy was a freaking monster for his entire career? Non Roid era? Like the only thing you could honestly say is that he wasn't fast, and he had an inside the parker with the Braves once. About a week or so after Nixon did. That little jut out corner piece of the wall in Fulton County Stadium. Fred came in standing up on that one.
It was Mile High Stadium in Denver. He hit one and Deion Sanders hit one the very next night, also in Denver. He still came in standing up, though. You’re right about that.
#NationalDogDay brought me here
Imagine if he goes into HOF wearing a Jays Hat. Despite having better career numbers in Toronto. Its very unlikely.
Where is Fred McGriff's defense?
How is Alan Trammell in the HOF, but crime 🐕 isn’t? Someone please explain!!!
Trammell played great defense at the most difficult position - while McGriff was bad defensively at first base. It’s half the game
Fred Mcgriff was not BAD defensively. I know his defense negatively impacts his WAR but i think even experts will tell you sabermetrics from a defensive perspective have many flaws. Especially at first base. I watched a TON of his career and he was an above average 1st baseman. Not as good as Trammell was at SS obviously..... but he absolutely crushes Trammell offensively. The guy finished in top 10 of MVP voting 6 times! The fact is if he hit 7 more career HRs he would’ve gotten into HoF no questions asked regardless of defense.
Crime Dog!
that he is not hof puts them in the same category as the oscars smh
Hall of Famer! Drop mic!
How is he not in the HOF
Barry Bonds hit a famous home run at Yankee Stadium and I just saw the Crime Dog hit one in the exact same spot!
With no dope either
HOF
Crime Dog not in the HOF??? that in itself is a Crime, dog 🤦🏻♂️
HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF, HOF,
It's amazing to think that no team would let him play until he got 500 home runs, not even as a DH? He was so washed up that he couldn't do it??? What a shame. He only needed a few more at 493.. Well he hit 10 post season homeruns so he's over 500 homeruns. So what's the problem HOF voters??? You put Harold Baines in and not McGriff??
I would hope McGriff will get in with the Veterans committee vote. Surely he has garnered respect from his peers
@@Mark-sj3xb Well it appears hitting 500 home runs are no longer automatic HOF numbers. Gary Sheffield is not in for some reason...
@@artt9717 Sheffield was highly suspected as a steroid user, that's why.
7 homers away from being in the hall...what a shame