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Ken Griffey Jr. is the Cover Athlete For MLB The Show 17, Releases on March 28

01:06 PM - October 27, 2016 by Steve_OS

Ken Griffey Jr. is the cover athlete for MLB The Show 17, scheduled to release on March 28, 2017.

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# 41 NYJin2011tm @ 10/27/16 05:34 PM

Awesome! Love it! A dual cover with Piazza would have been nice too.

A sweet bonus would be if they could find a way to have Ken Griffey Jr Baseball included.

# 42 jvalverde88 @ 10/27/16 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NYJin2011tm


	Awesome! Love it! A dual cover with Piazza would have been nice too. A sweet bonus would be if they could find a way to have Ken Griffey Jr Baseball included.

Doubt it since I'm pretty sure that is a Nintendo IP.

# 43 redsfan4life @ 10/27/16 05:54 PM

Better deliver SCEA! Can't have a bad game with Griffey on the cover!

# 44 NYJin2011tm @ 10/27/16 05:55 PM

Yea I know.

# 45 thaSLAB @ 10/27/16 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GibsonD90


	Blog post about different editions Hall of Fame edition comes with a snap back. Great idea but what happened to regular ole ball cap style hats, especially for a baseball game. I'm not nearly "cool" enough to try and wear a snap back or any flat bill style hat for that reason. Edit: I guess I should be smarter and realize the hat is probably Griffey related... but I can't find any pictures of him with a flat billed hat like Rodney would wear.

The bill doesn't have to be flat.

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# 46 tsparker8 @ 10/27/16 06:48 PM

sexy. so sexy

# 47 tsparker8 @ 10/27/16 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jr.


	I really hope they will fix Junior's stance now that he's on the cover. It's been off for years now.

he hasn't been in the game for years now

# 48 redsox4evur @ 10/27/16 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tsparker8


	he hasn't been in the game for years now

But his stance has still been the game...

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# 49 Tybudd @ 10/27/16 07:19 PM

Fav player of all time, I'll be buying my first MLB the Show!!

# 50 Tybudd @ 10/27/16 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ripaldi2000


	Any Request? #RJ51

but as a Mariner

# 51 snc237 @ 10/27/16 07:29 PM

I just get flash backs to my N64 with this cover

# 52 Culture Rot @ 10/27/16 08:34 PM

Is this the signal that 2017 is the year MLB The Show finally acknowledges baseball history, and makes it apart of the game? The jerseys, the stadiums, the teams, the players. Or simply a publicity stunt? I'm very intrigued. It's the only thing that would warrant a purchase for me.

# 53 RandyBass @ 10/27/16 09:52 PM

Just saw one of those replays of seasons they do on the MLB Network, this one for 1995, and it was remarkable to see again just how dominant of a player he was: His skill, power, speed, and quite frankly even just his presence were all dominant. Always one to come up big, he hit 5 HRs in that 5 game series against the Yanks, while also scoring that memorable series winning run from first. Few players like him in any sport.

# 54 ShowTyme15 @ 10/27/16 10:18 PM

Excellent cover choice. No complaints what so ever. MVP edition it is for me.

# 55 Bobhead @ 10/27/16 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ripaldi2000


	Any Request? #RJ51

Where's the exploding bird?

# 56 Speedy @ 10/27/16 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jr.


	I really hope they will fix Junior's stance now that he's on the cover. It's been off for years now.

This was the VERY first thing I thought of. I hope it has all of the HOFs in it...I'd love to see guys like Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz with a correct delivery.

Also...here's hoping to see some more of the old stadiums (Astrodome, Kingdome, Tiger Stadium).

# 57 WhiteBunny @ 10/28/16 02:54 AM

Nice cover choice.

# 58 SuicideSqueeze @ 10/28/16 08:39 AM

Who?

(just kidding)

# 59 Rocket32 @ 10/28/16 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BDrizz


	While this cover is as sweet as any I have seen, part of me was quite convinced the cover was going to feature Jose Fernandez

I really wish that would have happened but I doubted it would all along honestly. Hopefully they have a little something in game like maybe he can be the background of a menu like for example they had Degrom as the background for RTTS last year and maybe they could put a smallish R.I.P in the image. Another thing they could do is put a little something in the loading/trailer video that plays every time you load the game up unless you skip it. Maybe another thing they could do is add a little something into the commentary for Marlins games that you hear once in a blue moon. Just not every game of course.

Just a few ideas on things they could do. Hope they don't just do nothing. Not saying they should do all of them, maybe just one or something like one of them. And yes I know I'm probably getting off topic here.

# 60 mrCPUgeek @ 10/28/16 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocket32


	I really wish that would have happened but I doubted it would all along honestly. Hopefully they have a little something in game like maybe he can be the background of a menu like for example they had Degrom as the background for RTTS last year and maybe they could put a smallish R.I.P in the image. Another thing they could do is put a little something in the loading/trailer video that plays every time you load the game up unless you skip it. Maybe another thing they could do is add a little something into the commentary for Marlins games that you hear once in a blue moon. Just not every game of course. Just a few ideas on things they could do. Hope they don't just do nothing. Not saying they should do all of them, maybe just one or something like one of them. And yes I know I'm probably getting off topic here.

Getting rights to put him in there may not be so easy. I would imagine he is no longer part of the players association.

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