Congratulations to Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr.! 2016 Hall of Fame Honorees!
I don't think there was any doubt that Junior would go in first ballot. 100% of the vote would not have surprised me in the least. Aside from Willie Mays, Ken Griffey is the best baseball player I've ever seen play.
I am glad it was he who broke Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan's record for most votes received percentage wise.
(I'll always figure out a way to get a Mets player on a card somehow)
Great to see Piazza finally get his due. He should have been first ballot. Oh look, I have a zit on my back right now and I've never taken steroids in my life. Case closed.
My plan evolved from 2 mfc tribute cards to what I'm gonna be calling mfcSPORTgifs. The Griffey came out nice but I got a little too fancy wancy with the Piazza and the .gif came out horrible. I'll see if I can correct the complications. The cards below are 6 frames from the attempted .gif which was to be just short of 200 frames. A bit much, I'm afraid. I was able to make an .avi file from the frames and you will find it below.
I really want Piazza to go in with a Mets cap but if they should decide he can wear a first responders cap, I won't complain.
The last card pictured is Piazza's mfc DIAMOND club card. It was either Diamond club or Shea Stadium Club. Mfc's going with DIAMOND club, mfc's equivalent of Topps STADIUM club.
