The Seattle Mariners are planning to honor Ken Griffey Jr. and induct him into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Saturday before taking on the Milwaukee Brewers. Even though Griffey has over 600 home runs to his credit he still gets nervous when he has to be the center of attention, according to the Associated Press.

"I grew up in a household where it was a lot easier to talk about somebody else than talk about you," Griffey said. "My dad came home he's always say 'How did the team do?' 'What did you do?' would always be the last question."

Griffey was a star from the moment he first played in the Kingdome at the age of 19. While it is still filled with pressure playing baseball is a lot different than having to make a speech in front of 40,000 people.

"Having this, I understand the honor that it brings," Griffey told the Associated Press. "Am I nervous? Yes. It's a lot easier to be in centerfield and stand at home plate than to talk in front of thousands of people."

The celebration began a day early when the team hosted a luncheon with Griffey, his father and former Mariner teammate Ken Sr., and other former teammates including Jay Buhner.

"Every time he came to the plate we were expecting a human highlight reel," Buhner said about Griffey.

Willie Mays, the former Giant who is arguably the greatest living baseball player, talked about Griffey via video. In what is probably the biggest compliment of all Mays compared Griffey's play in centerfield to his own, according to the Associated Press.

"He was just a good player, a player young people should emulate a little bit and make sure their kids look up to him," Mays said. "Name another centerfielder who can do the things that he did when he was playing. He did a lot of things that I did and it's very hard to do. He'll get into the Hall of Fame with no problem."

Some of the current Seattle Mariners were in complete awe of seeing Griffey. Brad Miller, a shortstop for the team, wore number 24 all throughout Little League because of the Mariners legend, according to MLB.com.

"It adds to the whirlwind [of being a rookie]," Miller said about the Griffey celebration. "Getting to see your favorite player inducted in to the Hall of Fame for your team is pretty sweet. We're just trying to keep up the tradition that him and all those other guys started."

Dustin Ackley came up in the Mariners organization as a second basemen but has been making the transition to Griffey's old position.

"It's awesome, just to play the same position he did on the same team," Ackley told MLB.com. "Just the whole experience of him being in this organization, being able to talk to him. He's always been the guy to talk to, whether you're young or old, good player or bad player, he's there to help."

Former Mariner first basemen Alvin Davis summed up the respect Griffey receives around baseball in his remarks to the Associated Press.

"People didn't ask me who the best player was I ever played with," Davis said. "The question assumes the answer. By far the most talented, best player I every played with is Ken Griffey Jr."