Cincinnati Reds

Johnny Bench congratulates Junior -- and asks him to return his stuff

Published Jan. 7, 2016 4:24 p.m. ET

Chris Bahr

Johnny Bench welcomed fellow Hall of Famers Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr. into baseball immortality following their election Wednesday.

And he had a special request for Junior, who used to roam the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse when his father, Ken Griffey Sr., was a teammate of Bench's during the 1970s and '80s.

Congrats Jr. When you come to Cooperstown, please bring the items you took from my locker as a kid, or I'll take your ring! @BaseballHall
— Johnny Bench (@Johnny_Bench5) January 7, 2016