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What the national media are saying about Ken Griffey Jr.’s Hall of Fame induction

A sampling of national-media reaction in the wake of Ken Griffey Jr.'s induction into the Hall of Fame.

It was as emotional and heartfelt a weekend as Mariners fans could have expected.

Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, further solidifying his status as Seattle’s greatest sports icon. It was the culmination of a pro baseball career that began when Griffey was the No. 1 overall pick in 1987 and featured countless memories. And now he is forever immortalized with a bronze plaque in Cooperstown.