Ken Griffey knows, and embraces, that he’s part of baseball history, joining a select few, now and forever.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Permanence and exclusivity.
Those are the daunting elements that invariably overwhelm each new member of the baseball Hall of Fame: That their legacy will be enshrined for eternity. And that so precious few of the thousands of major-leaguers ever achieve this honor.
“There’s only 69 living. Only 69 of us right now,’’ Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk said on Saturday. “Is there any other profession that has only that many guys that are considered that talented to be involved in such an exclusive fraternity?