Thirsty-Ass Teams They Barely Played for Congratulate Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza on Election to Hall of Fame

We called it in 1994: https://t.co/oYMSc2yEvJ pic.twitter.com/b2MLZcCe0m
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 6, 2016

Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected into the Hall of Fame this evening, with Junior getting 99.3 percent of the vote, eclipsing Tom Seaver's previous record 98.84 percent. Only three voters failed to include Griffey on their ballots, which is ridiculous, but this is the Baseball Hall of Fame so…not so ridiculous. And another statistical quirk for this class of two, courtesy of Jay Jaffe: Griffey, a No. 1 overall pick, is the highest drafted player to be elected and Piazza, a 62nd-round pick, is the lowest drafted player to be elected. But you read the headline, yes? Let's get to the good stuff.

Naturally teams like the Mariners and Mets congratulated Griffey and Piazza, but those are not the only teams they played for. Let's get to the thirsty-ass tweets and press releases from teams who had a cup of coffee with the Hall of Famers.

Who could forget San Diego Padre Great Mike Piazza?

Not to be overlooked, Congratulations to former #Padres catcher, Mike Piazza on his #HOF election today! pic.twitter.com/anv2iRPcuG
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) January 6, 2016

Or Athletics Legend Mike Piazza?

Congratulations @mikepiazza31 on your election to the Baseball Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/27Br6Z2rH7
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) January 6, 2016

What about White Sox Legend Ken Griffey, Jr.?

There it is! pic.twitter.com/slsnJnLPqj
— Jesse Spector (@jessespector) January 7, 2016

And of course let's not give short shrift to Marlins Stalwart Mike Piazza.

Once a #MarlinsAlum, always a #MarlinsAlum. Congratulations @mikepiazza31 on being elected into the @BaseballHall! pic.twitter.com/HZkl7jhohw
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) January 6, 2016

This last one is great, because the Marlins are preemptively rationalizing why they are tweeting. "Hey listen, once an alum, always an alum." The White Sox were especially thirsty, too, sending a tweet congratulating "former White Sox outfielder" Griffey along with that ridiculous press release. And no matter how hard you guys try, no one in their entire lives will ever say "former Padres catcher" when referring to Mike Piazza.