When Ken Griffey Jr. finished his Hall of Fame speech by donning his cap in trademark backward fashion, it was a moment that exemplified the Kid's infinite swagger.

It was also a moment that, shockingly, almost wasn't.

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Griffey, a member of the 2016 Hall of Fame class, said Tuesday during ESPN's telecast of the Yankees-Mariners game in Seattle that fellow Hall of Famer Frank Thomas intimidated him into wearing the cap backward for his speech. Griffey said he wasn't planning to wear the cap that way until Thomas' coercion.

Ken Griffey Jr credits Frank Thomas for the backwards hat at the Hall ceremony, jokes that Frank threatened him pic.twitter.com/tdcxXLAfDD — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) August 24, 2016

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Well, the entire baseball world is happy you were scared of the Big Hurt, Junior. The induction just wouldn't have been the same without the backward cap.