griffey's already low-key retirement has been overshadowed on baseball tonight and sportscenter, sorry ken. you deserve better An inversion of a similar retirement vs. incredible feat episode: Then there was June 3, 1932, when Gehrig gave his finest individual performance, becoming the first player this century to hit four home runs in a game. Again, he was overshadowed. The bigger story in New York that day was that the legendary John McGraw, in his 31st year as Giants manager, had resigned.