1999 HRD Rd1: McGwire hits 13 HRs in Round 1 of '99 derby
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5 жыл бұрын7/12/99: Mark McGwire puts on a show with thirteen homers in the first round of the 1999 Home Run Derby at Fenway Park
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@Millsey_ 11 ай бұрын
its pretty hard to describe how incredible it was to be a kid in the 90s watching baseball
@lobsterzilla 11 ай бұрын
honestly was incredible. sammy vs mac was one of the greatest memories of my life as a kid
@johnnybravo-tl2mk 11 ай бұрын
facts. love the steroids
@Buckqh 10 ай бұрын
unless your the kid that got trucked by the camera man LMAO
@johnnybravo-tl2mk 10 ай бұрын
@@Buckqh dude. the cameraman gave 0 fks. he was a fan as much as a cameraman Lol
@bridgelaurie9490 10 ай бұрын
It was unreal man
@masonkeith45 5 жыл бұрын
The camera guy killed that kid lolzzz
@rjwilliams2088 5 жыл бұрын
Dude, I just saw that. What a douche. Not even a hand for that little bastard. Harsh.
@seabrook1976 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the 90’s.
@drealboy_ 5 жыл бұрын
Instantly went to the comments when I seen that, first comment, this one. Lol.
@JasonSmith-cz8yj 5 жыл бұрын
Not only did he Truck stick him he no looked him after dickn him down. That boy is now prob 30 and reading this. Prob still feels that thing smack his neck. That’s a cold ass blood of a cameraman
@dariielperez9235 5 жыл бұрын
@@drealboy_ kkkkllo
@rbeneveds 3 жыл бұрын
Juiced up or not... 98 was an amazing year to be a baseball fan!
@Crunchykyle 2 жыл бұрын
1999 was a amazing year for everything.
@majliescobar8975 Жыл бұрын
Yup
@JT-xb7yn Жыл бұрын
@@Crunchykyle Bring back the monoculture!!!
@robertjohnson9756 Жыл бұрын
Cal ripken breaking the streak in 95 saved baseball after the strike, the 99 homerun race brought baseball back to where it was before the strike
@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 Жыл бұрын
Steroids give you ZERO ability to hit a baseball
@johnmeehan6444 Жыл бұрын
I 100 times out of 100 take this home run derby format over the one we currently have. The emphasis on each individual homer was was so much greater as opposed to now where its just endurance based. Seeing guys hit absolute moon shots is what the derby is about.
@hookseybaby 11 ай бұрын
i mean bro the letting them sail into the night sky while the batter watches is what the derby was all about
@CJsbro1 11 ай бұрын
Also means they can let bad pitches go, so the ptichers dont affect it as much
@Tiptop56812 4 ай бұрын
I miss it
@Sangria 5 жыл бұрын
"Does this have enough juice to find the net?" You better believe it, Chris!
@Flowerz__ 5 жыл бұрын
Mario Lopez haha Berman was the best!!
@adampruitt9211 4 жыл бұрын
Ohhhhhh A MOON SHOT!!!!!!! LOL
@hfarthingt 4 жыл бұрын
Haha
@metrodecatur6764 4 жыл бұрын
About 3ccs of it
@paulrevere1479 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao I'm dying
@thinkbeforyouvote 5 жыл бұрын
Camera man gave a total of ZERO phucks when steamrolling that kid...
@_JellyDonut_ 5 жыл бұрын
@@Howard007 "total scum" for that? Pretty sure the kid survived, he probably laughs about it now
@jch8376 5 жыл бұрын
Yup . i did the math and it gave me a total of ZERO phucks.
@mrjoe2227 5 жыл бұрын
That kids dad gave no fucks when he abandoned his child to chases a silly baseball like a rabid dog....
@Downsouthroots 5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@steverangon1658 5 жыл бұрын
@Alex F Not with that heavy azz video cam on his shoulder.
@kevinrock5942 3 жыл бұрын
That homerun race saved baseball....i dont care if he juiced, still have to hit the ball.... Mcgwire is a legend.
@s.marshian8455 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely..Lol if we’re all being serious the steroid era was highly entertaining. The Mark-Sammy race, then of course Barry going for Mark’s 70.
@Memoop-iz6vk 2 жыл бұрын
Only reason why people hate on it is because they say that's the only way they broke the old greats records is by juicing... I'm 50/50 on it. Although I don't agree with what they was doing but it was a very entertaining era in sports
@arroganceinvictus 2 жыл бұрын
Everyone is on exogenous testosterone and/or GH anyway, still to this day.
@l34l 2 жыл бұрын
Amen 😀
@E_xe2 2 жыл бұрын
mcgwires balls might have been small but they definitely didnt stay in the park when he hit them LMAOO... The sheer amount of power he had, he was never an on base hitter, His home run percentage 9.42% is #1 above bonds and ruth, he has the most home runs in the least amount of at bats.. In 2001 he hit 29 home runs with a .187 batting average.
@Robocoppat 3 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget when he hit #70. The whole world shook from the excitement 😄
@hectorlopez1069 2 жыл бұрын
Now that homerun is fake.
@TehSpury Жыл бұрын
I was born in downtown Saint Louis that same day
@harjimbaugh4234 11 ай бұрын
@@TehSpury well he was on roids so...
@mikes7446 11 ай бұрын
Nah
@Danielo197 11 ай бұрын
I was at Busch when he hit 62 place went nuts it was something else
@danjack1447 5 жыл бұрын
Sosa vs McGwire was probably the most exciting thing I've ever seen in sports I'll never forget how amazing that was
@bigtroll8249 4 жыл бұрын
Barry Bonds was pretty exciting, too
@americanscarelines2757 4 жыл бұрын
Sosa sucked. McGuire and Bonds were legit power hitters before juice.
@maceomillions2192 4 жыл бұрын
66th like for Sammy Sosa!
@Pisces8Gemini 3 жыл бұрын
Power or no power. Ichiro is still one of the best batters out there
@rkellyvsjerryleelewiskingo4736 3 жыл бұрын
@@bigtroll8249 / except he wasn’t racing, it was a monopoly.
@shaserdeses 5 жыл бұрын
People looked so happy back then. So many smiling faces, no smartphones anywhere just watching what was happening jumping and clapping around
@towelman8589 5 жыл бұрын
Nobody running around and shouting "WORLD STAR!" at any given moment 🤣
@tommygun7299 5 жыл бұрын
But to just to find out this cheater was juicing the whole time. What a disgrace to baseball and all sports period.
@Noah204. 5 жыл бұрын
So true man...it’s scary what has become of it, distracting everyone from what’s really going on....
@harveyboy7019 5 жыл бұрын
@@killout18 Your not supposed to be proud of being white. That's politically incorrect. Nevermind the fact that your comment has actual merit in reality lmao
@harveyboy7019 5 жыл бұрын
@Stevie Champagne Well at least you get it. The rest of the peons don't seem to mind calling them our friends.
@jakethejeweler3092 Жыл бұрын
We miss you Stuart Scott. Dude was a legend.
@NemosNightmare 11 ай бұрын
"Cool as the other side of the pillow"
@joelarchuleta1814 Жыл бұрын
One of the best times of my life. Pulled me back to baseball and felt like a kid again. Love Big Mac
@haydencook682 5 жыл бұрын
When baseball players were bigger than the guys in the NFL lol
@aspazzz 3 жыл бұрын
Eh
@oljimeagle6779 3 жыл бұрын
They look like WWF wrestlers. It was insane..
@oljimeagle6779 3 жыл бұрын
You have to wonder what was going through Hank Aaron's head while watching this.. He did it without a full fledged laboratory boosting his every hormone to inhuman levels..
@oljimeagle6779 3 жыл бұрын
@Travis Bridges no no no no... He SHOULD be the all time leader.. But from about 1992-present, he get to watch these circus freaks break his absolute incredible record, that he achieved naturally, and against all odds.. It's a shame Bonds is above him on the list..
@jamiealexander7665 3 жыл бұрын
@@oljimeagle6779 AAS were around back then, and he had his career highs in OPS at 37 and 39 years old.
@ajeroneski7338 5 жыл бұрын
Stewart Scott. Big mac Griffey,Sosa. Old Espn. This were the days
@3931aaron 4 жыл бұрын
I'm 32 years old. This was the best era of baseball for me. I'll never forget it.
@chad_garrison1991 4 жыл бұрын
The good days
@generalzod7959 4 жыл бұрын
Before the wokeness.
@trapboyjack5179 3 жыл бұрын
Baseball will never be this great again 😞
@TitleistGolf13 3 жыл бұрын
100% some of the best
@medixforchune9958 3 жыл бұрын
This was the greatest era in baseball history.
@randynoles1 3 жыл бұрын
*
@medixforchune9958 3 жыл бұрын
@@randynoles1 😂😂😂
@Salty12 11 ай бұрын
This was the * era in baseball history
@richardbullwood5941 11 ай бұрын
It would be sad if somebody actually thought that.
@medixforchune9958 11 ай бұрын
@@richardbullwood5941 you can’t deny how exciting it was to see roided out players hit moonshots
@kasanova3056 3 жыл бұрын
Was and still is a fan of Mark..best era in baseball ⚾️ 🙌
@megclifton6692 11 ай бұрын
70's were better honestly not the home run contest just over all.... especially the WS games....some epic moments
@richardbeach2430 5 жыл бұрын
If you would have asked anyone there that night if they thought Mark McGuire was on any kind of juice they would have told you they didn't care. . They got to watch something they will never forget and this was the greatest summer of baseball in decades. . I was so glad I got to relax at home after a days work and watch Mark and Sammy chase each other every night
@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 4 жыл бұрын
Richard Beach everybody knew he was juiced up
@smudent2010 4 жыл бұрын
This home run derby was in 1999, the year after he broke the home run record in 1998.
@andyc9979 4 жыл бұрын
@@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 exactly. People knew a lot of them did. No one cared. Baseball was insanely exciting back then too. Yes McGwire and Sosa made it so fun but in general baseball was fun. You had the Yankees and everyone trying to beat the villain. So many superstars as well.
@213balboa 5 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe that this was already 20 years ago.
@DannyDirtyDrawz 5 жыл бұрын
tell me about it. thats crazy
@bigpoison408 5 жыл бұрын
I wish baseball players can use steroids. Baseball is so much fun when roids are involved.
@DannyDirtyDrawz 5 жыл бұрын
@@bigpoison408 lmao hell yea. I had no problems with them juicing
@lloydkeaton2963 5 жыл бұрын
M37 I guess we're getting old bro
@aftrthejake6843 5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live and eating meatball sub from Subway. Weird how you remember random things. 🤷 But I can't remember where I put my keys nowadays.
@briansmith4475 3 жыл бұрын
"Its headed for the flag pole... THUD.. SALUTS THE FLAG!!"- Great call by Cheis Berman i miss steroids so much
@ermedic1986 3 жыл бұрын
Lmao true
@Jareyes42 3 жыл бұрын
The reaction of those kids behind home plate, are priceless thats something that they bring up as adults now how much fun they had watching that derby
@thejandjchannel5016 5 жыл бұрын
Baseball at its absolute peak...miss those days
@thejandjchannel5016 5 жыл бұрын
@Pamela Wiles well...this saved baseball..they wanna juice up...that's ther business.
@savagedick3848 4 жыл бұрын
Pamela Wiles Sure made it exciting
@jeffhall3044 4 жыл бұрын
I went to New York University in 1999.
@Jacob_Spang 3 жыл бұрын
@@thejandjchannel5016 NFL was doing it decades before MLB was caught. Who's to say it wasn't going on before the "era"
@user-df8nw3jg4b 5 жыл бұрын
This popped up in my feed and had to watch. Brought back so many memories as a kid and how excited I was about baseball.
@Crunchykyle 2 жыл бұрын
Same here. I’m 30 years old now. Seems like yesterday I was 7 years old.
@SergioHernandez-zv5wc 3 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite time in baseball. So much fun
@fib4923 3 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this as a kid LIVE. Thank you for posting this up MLB. Cant believe its been over 20 years now!
@sic7585 4 жыл бұрын
3:05 biggest hit of the night.
@paulandr 2 жыл бұрын
dude straight up disrespected that kid. stepped over his lifeless corpse
@gohabs8918 8 ай бұрын
He took that kid out lol... and did not even stop to apologize
@xxxxbigrich5752 4 жыл бұрын
Their was a special report every nite when these 2 played. Baseball has never been this good since!
@calapsesathir4408 3 жыл бұрын
Juice or no juice, I'm a simple sports fan. Entertain me
@zachweaver599 2 жыл бұрын
Juice em up
@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 3 жыл бұрын
Best HR Derby performance ever I don't care how many you hit, I want to see them go far.
@billycausgrove9657 Жыл бұрын
Josh Hamilton's performance makes this one look stupid
@kidzbop38isstraightfire92 Жыл бұрын
@@billycausgrove9657 he hit alot, and some of them were way deep, but I don't think they were as deep as these...again, I don't care if you hit 100 homers, I want to see how far they can be hit...and nobody hits them as far as McGwire, nobody
@jbeard82 11 ай бұрын
@@billycausgrove9657yeah if you like short distances HR’s. But you do you.
@davidca96 5 жыл бұрын
I dont care if he took any kind of substances, watching him hit a baseball was amazing.
@Mike.Jones2 5 жыл бұрын
Damn it made the game way more exciting
@davidca96 5 жыл бұрын
@Rob Gonz So what, he hit like a machine and it was incredible to watch. I dont personally care if he took something that made him better the result was an incredible hitter and thats what I loved to watch.
@BeefPapa 5 жыл бұрын
@@davidca96 You don't care *that he took...
@ChuckBeefOG 5 жыл бұрын
Steroids dont give you hand-eye coordination. Mark was just a big strong dude in general
@BeefPapa 5 жыл бұрын
@Michael Higgins Then why take them?
@LaloPrado92 5 жыл бұрын
not allowed in HOF but MLB using this video and his name to make money. Makes sense 🤦🏻♂️
@bradstrayer485 5 жыл бұрын
You just summed up the whole steroid era perfectly.
@robhalfmann4701 5 жыл бұрын
@Jack Benton 2 things, one of marks failed tests was from a substance anyone can buy over the counter. MLB didnt test back when hammerin hank played so all we know he was juiced. 2nd steroids dont help ur hand eye coordination to hit the ball. Players today can even use prescription steroids for injuries.
@picark 5 жыл бұрын
The other person is Thurnan Munson Rookie of the year,Two time MVP .Captain of the Yankees yet played just ten years so that disqualifies him...hmmmmm??
@robhalfmann4701 5 жыл бұрын
@@picark 11 years 7 all stars rookie of the year 1 mvp and died in a plane crash. Number 15 retired by yankees. Great player
@jtmnavy 5 жыл бұрын
bernardo prado but he made millions of dollars playing baseball ,, stfu
@350mack 3 жыл бұрын
God i miss these days. Same as football, wwf/wwe and the nba. Man the crowd pop is gone today
@Mr.Perry33 3 жыл бұрын
Too many regulations in sports today which pushes fans away and isn’t as entertaining
@bigc2626 3 жыл бұрын
I love him. My favorite baseball player, ever.
@ARusso1192 5 жыл бұрын
The 90s were a damn good time
@jmm1817 3 жыл бұрын
Not for music
@mustang268 3 жыл бұрын
@@jmm1817 you nuts
@raiderscorpio5629 3 жыл бұрын
@@jmm1817 what music were you listening too , all of 90s were classics 😂
@jmm1817 3 жыл бұрын
Thats bs...I love to hear what Classics came out of the 90s
@mustang268 3 жыл бұрын
@@jmm1817 if you lived in the 90s which you obviously didn't you wouldn't ask such a dumb question guess you don't know who nirvana Shania Twain 2pac or oasis is lol
@sammymorales6838 4 жыл бұрын
Attitude Era of baseball, most exciting time to be a baseball fan
@1kennylo 3 жыл бұрын
1999 was one of the best years of my life
@juniormontero340 3 жыл бұрын
Makes 22 years 😯🔥
@NorEEzta 3 жыл бұрын
Miss the Stuart Scott days. As a kid I could watch Sports center repeats all morning.
@politicsfromthebalcony4465 5 жыл бұрын
Steroids and chewing gum gave him the strongest pumped up cheeks in baseball ⚾️
@MeneTekelUpharsin Жыл бұрын
And Amphetamines' 💸💊
@petepan9696 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful time before all the cell phones. In the moment having a blast in the stands.
@timoneil6675 3 жыл бұрын
I miss these awesome days of baseball. Nothing but the best players of all!
@trusteppakt5908 5 жыл бұрын
Sammy Sosa the same color as Mark now 😂
@x00p3 5 жыл бұрын
He looks like a vampire.
@trusteppakt5908 5 жыл бұрын
x00p3 😂😂 fse
@Devlins10 5 жыл бұрын
@W MI knew someone would make a dumb race comment.
@leyvaondabeatz2159 5 жыл бұрын
x00p3 that dude was Neapolitan ice creme colors 😂
@ja2357 5 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@Darbobski 4 жыл бұрын
The Steroid era feels like the WWE's Attitude Era.
@350mack 3 жыл бұрын
Yes ! Nba too
@kbshowtyme 2 жыл бұрын
That's the best correlation I have heard yet. I miss this period of sports.
@RevolutionUprise 3 жыл бұрын
As a kid i had this recorded on VHS..... I remember watching it so many times.
@25patberk 3 жыл бұрын
I keep looking at Sosa thinking imagine if we all knew what he would look like today 😳🤣
@hectorlopez1069 2 жыл бұрын
He looks disgusting with his new look.
@TheLocalLt 5 жыл бұрын
8:15 RIP Stuart Scott
@4208jason 5 жыл бұрын
I dont know what to talk about, hows you golf game lol. Dude was awesome.
@brandonblack40483 5 жыл бұрын
TheLocalLt damn...... I miss Stewart
@littlemoo52 5 жыл бұрын
Stu Scott was cooler than the other side of the pillow.
@Dunkaroos248 5 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@cflo1386 5 жыл бұрын
Well missed, when espn was worth watching.
@RobertDGordon 5 жыл бұрын
This was 2 weeks before my son was born... he’s about to start his junior year in college. Time flies as fast as a Mark McGwire homerun. RIP Stuart Scott 👊🏾
@cameronjordan6022 11 ай бұрын
fenway is such a great home run derby park
@jamessmith9946 11 ай бұрын
98-99 were amazing years in MLB
@joshtutor2526 5 жыл бұрын
I don't care what people say about McGwire, he is the main reason I'm a baseball fan now..Watching him play in the late 80's with Oakland was my first introduction into what has remained my favorite sport ever since.
@one7deep7savage7 5 жыл бұрын
Yup...long Haired McGwire and Jose On Oakland...Griffey and Edgar on SEA...BIG HURT on Chicago...loved 90s baseball!
@lasagna3106 4 жыл бұрын
Best team in MLB in 80s and really 90s. Bash brothers baby
@RM-xk6iu 4 жыл бұрын
I was a kid then but still remember the starting line up from '89 A's. Juice or not, Mr. Mcgwire was truly a great player.
@MoneyOverFame 4 жыл бұрын
Oh no doubt about it.
@seangray3653 2 жыл бұрын
Mine too….. The Bash Brothers …. McGwire & Canseco!
@bobbyowsley4604 5 жыл бұрын
Juice or no juice - these guys deserve to be in the HOF because they saved baseball in a bad era. Mac, Sosa, Bonds, and even Clemens. If you were old enough to remember 1998 and the chase, you remember America being glued to the games to see Sosa and Mac.
@Tren-uh8bx 5 жыл бұрын
Manny Ramirez also
@douglas61920 5 жыл бұрын
Bobby Owsley He and Sosa did help revive baseball but they did if by cheating. Neither one will ever be in the HOF and the reason is obvious.
@bobbyowsley4604 5 жыл бұрын
@@douglas61920 I agree that the reason is obvious, but the definition of cheating is slightly skewed here as well. For one, there wasn't a rule against anabolics in baseball at that time. For another, MLB - the curators of the HOF - didn't seem to care one iota if those guys were dropping syringes next to the bat donut in the on-deck circle before every at bat. Baseball cashed in on "the chase" and promoted the living daylights out of it to breathe life back into the game even when it became apparent that something was afoul. Not one, but TWO guys zeroing in on the single season HR record at the same time? They knew and they were all too happy to hide behind the lack of a specific rule against it. In fact, it wasn't until Canseco's book came out that baseball really felt pressure from Congress to institute rules.
@ryandavis8658 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah Barry is the 🐐 hitter with or without the boost!
@douglas61920 5 жыл бұрын
Bobby Owsley The 98 season was something special until people realized that both were cheating. I do believe that MLB knew that they were cheating (as well as others) but I don’t think that there were no rules against steroids.
@1lenzter Жыл бұрын
Mcquire and Sosa two of the greatest!
@MrTee-hw7mp Жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of seeing him take BP at the old Busch Stadium, once from as close as 30 feet during the 98’ race, and it was jaw-droppingly awesome. Majestic. It made me want to quit playing baseball. I’ll never be close to hitting the ball like that.
@poindextertunes Жыл бұрын
I got to see his BP at Kaufman and he was hitting balls not just over the fence but completely OUT of the park. It was amazing to watch
@MrTee-hw7mp Жыл бұрын
@@poindextertunes you a Royal’s fan?
@midrangetorque 5 жыл бұрын
The ‘roid era was the best era! Yes, I 100% agree it’s cheating, but that era was SO exciting to watch!!
@kyle2441 5 жыл бұрын
We use to have chewing tabacco and ball players... now we have sensitive athletes and snapchat....
@midrangetorque 5 жыл бұрын
Kyle Annese Agreed!...super sensitive! And SOFT!
@TheGoldenTrout 5 жыл бұрын
Baseball had no problems profiting off of the steroid era and using it as a means to bounce back from the strike.
@flipnotrab 5 жыл бұрын
Show me correlation between ANY drug and eye hand coordination and you have a VALID point.
@midrangetorque 5 жыл бұрын
flipnotrab Agreed that drugs won’t improve hand eye coordination. They didn’t use drugs for that. Drugs weren’t needed for that. Drugs was the difference between a 300 ft fly ball and a 350ft+ homerun. The difference between a 350ft homer and a 400ft homer, and so on. Big homers and plenty of homers got you big contracts too. Drugs helped your strength, muscle fibers, and “quick twitch” muscles. Baseball is a game of inches right? Well, if you’re juicin’ and extra strong with a quicker than avg bat, you can wait a tick longer for a pitch which in turn lets you see the ball for a tick longer. It’s similar to seeing 95+ mph as if it were 85-90 mph...because their added strength & power allows them to wait longer. In baseball, that’s a huge difference!
@matthewhowell1389 4 жыл бұрын
Sammy and Mark deserve to get in for the simple fact that they brought people back to baseball after the strike. Everyone that walked away after the strike came back to be fans and people who really didn't care about baseball were glued to the TV to see Mark or Sammy hit a homerun that day
@jodycwilliams 3 жыл бұрын
100%. I was one of those people.
@charlesmullins3238 Жыл бұрын
I was one of those who hated it and they turned me around…best times of my life
@kevinrock5942 Ай бұрын
Legendary. Gives me chills listening to that bat.
@adammiller5122 3 жыл бұрын
Best time ever.. thank you mlb
@bowlnow824 5 жыл бұрын
Mcgwire and Sosa saved baseball! Loved watching both of them play and hit home runs like it's nothing!
@baschfonrosenburg8003 5 жыл бұрын
The sound of McGwire's bat is the most beautiful thing i've ever heard!
@Gitfiddle 3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this. It was extraordinary.
@faithfamilyandcountry7452 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this night. I was living in St Louis but was visiting my grandparents in CA. I remember sitting in front of the TV watching with my grandfather and being so proud it was a Cardinal putting on the show. Great memories
@davidmsirois 5 жыл бұрын
McGwire hitting over the Green Monster... the 90s were the best for so many reasons.
@rogergodell1200 5 жыл бұрын
David Sirois it’s as if it was the PG era lol
@hectorlopez1069 2 жыл бұрын
Steroids were hitting over the green monster.
@isaiasguerrero6634 5 жыл бұрын
Miss this era of baseball 😔⚾💛
@hectorlopez1069 4 ай бұрын
I don't because it's an era of steroids.
@jamescombs2118 3 жыл бұрын
Look at all those smiles. Beautiful
@monterutledge8317 3 жыл бұрын
This was my childhood, watching these giants do their thing on the diamond. Scandals aside, was a wonderful time to be a kid and a baseball fan.
@RockinRob69 5 жыл бұрын
*I don't care what ANYONE says....THIS was the BEST HR Derby...and in the BEST park!*
@miketate8554 3 жыл бұрын
Mickey Mantel vs Hank Aaron
@jonnyblayze5149 Жыл бұрын
The best park for this specific derby because of the hitters involved. That's about it
@jkentuckybbn8849 5 жыл бұрын
Them retro cameras take alot of focus off your immediate surroundings. Rip kid.
@3ll3nwood Жыл бұрын
He hit some of the most EPIC, towering shots in the of any homerun derby. I remember watching this live as a kid and being psyched outta my mind!
@waddles3858 3 жыл бұрын
I loved the great relationship that him and sammy had.
@es355gibson 5 жыл бұрын
Best swing in baseball ever. Everyone looked happy back then too. Good times...good times
@creepytoast23 3 жыл бұрын
Wrong. Griffey had the best swing..
@nicolasbaker9601 Жыл бұрын
@@creepytoast23 lol if nobody else had said it I would be wondered why not. Absolutely beautiful
@williebeamen2x Жыл бұрын
Griffen, Bonds , Shefield
@hienzguedarian2477 Жыл бұрын
@@creepytoast23 nah, but you can just be a lemming and follow the choice every fool who doesn't know baseball picks
@hienzguedarian2477 Жыл бұрын
@@williebeamen2x also Clark, Joyner, pujols etc etc
@DirtyBeefCurtains 5 жыл бұрын
Let players be juiced to the gills and play every sport. So much more fun to watch
@seansmith373 5 жыл бұрын
Facts
@addisonhinson6290 5 жыл бұрын
Only in baseball I think it shouldn't be a big deal cause it's not as physical.
@ADT2695 5 жыл бұрын
+Dirty Beef Curtains. Okay, Joe.
@zachbartlett2829 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. However the problem is that not every competitor would be willing to take them, so it would be unfair to them. But it would be insanely entertaining to watch a sauced out league
@zachbartlett2829 3 жыл бұрын
@Kenny Powers yea but then youd almost inevitably had some natural players that are still better than some of the sauced guys. They just dont want to take it. So youd have guys in a “lesser” league who are good enough to play at the top
@RushNZ Ай бұрын
I loved being a kid in the 90s because of times like this, MJ with the Bulls, all the great football, and then these guys in the late 90s saving baseball, sure they were juiced but come on that was the era, it was amazing to watch none the less.
@Funrunner008 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see a guy in the stands who did all his baseball accomplishments without performance enhancing drugs in one Hank Aaron
@hesper499 3 жыл бұрын
Thats not true actually. Go look up a thing called greenies. Players were taking them back then
@jodycwilliams 3 жыл бұрын
They weren’t testing, and a lot of players were using other drugs and “enhancers” back then.
@Wolfman12395 5 жыл бұрын
I honestly can't wait for the All Star game to come back to Fenway, 1999 was an AWESOME year. Can't believe that was 20 years ago!!!!
@majorshrimp5394 5 жыл бұрын
2:40 "Does it have enough juice to find the net?" If we knew then what we know now.
@mr.timebombman2230 5 жыл бұрын
His head got even bigger just like Bonds. Ridiculous.
@strawberrycough22 5 жыл бұрын
@@mr.timebombman2230 Not true Only gh can do that, in extreme cases Stop spreading lies Sports should legalize ped's Fucking stick ball, its a kids game Worship God Respect surgeons Enjoy athletes
@charleswhitmerjr7554 5 жыл бұрын
Oh big deal the old guys had coke the olders had booze they all had crutches.
@mr.timebombman2230 5 жыл бұрын
@@jorgedelgado8177 Yeah, Umm.... There's not usually the huge disparity in a few years like in Bonds ' case. Come on now!
@strawberrycough22 5 жыл бұрын
@@mr.timebombman2230 It's proportionate to growth. Are you this much of an idiot? Look at bonds pics now, his head is smaller, representing his smaller frame. You're crazy man.
@Meet_Me_In_The_Pit 3 жыл бұрын
Idc what anyone says. Juice or not this guy is a legend in my eyes.one of the best to ever do it.juice that is
@elijahheadrick1389 3 жыл бұрын
This has a WHOLE vibe. I love it.
@ryankoehler3170 5 жыл бұрын
It was so exciting to watch him and Sammy. I'm a Cubs fan and for this rivalry to be in the same division was awesome
@bobsmith3457 5 жыл бұрын
Big deal. Happy Gilmore accomplished that same feat no more than an hour ago
@SandwichMan1764 3 жыл бұрын
You need to play the ball as it lies! I had to hit off of Frankenstein fat foot!
@ray817oneDEEP 3 жыл бұрын
@@SandwichMan1764 I still hate Shooter til this day from that role.
@CreepyJoeMustGo 3 жыл бұрын
“Well good for Happy GilmomoOHMYGAWD!!”
@Apexjasonmorganllc 3 жыл бұрын
That’s not possible sir
@tomfoolery5033 3 жыл бұрын
@@CreepyJoeMustGo I think you wrote that as perfectly as he said it!!!
@chris012569 Жыл бұрын
Don't care what ANYONE says. Mark McGwire us a baseball hero of mine. Dude hit 49 in his rookie year. Juice didn't do anything for his eye contact. You people are fools. He's a baddass
@christopherbako 3 жыл бұрын
Thank You MLB!!
@donnelson826 5 жыл бұрын
How can guys like McGwire and Bonds not be in the Hall of Fame? Just look at that crowd reaction to the greatest home run hitter ever.
@mattmatt7072 5 жыл бұрын
Because they were juicing at the time, but they are used sometimes for medical purposes. Unfortunately there's no grey area when it comes to rules
@Kalebhuxley 5 жыл бұрын
One word steroids
@thomasmckenzie4584 5 жыл бұрын
Why was Ben Johnson stripped of his 100 meter gold medal? Why was Marian Jones stripped of her 5 medals? These A-holes cheated the game of baseball, records that have stood for decades. They blew away these records by cheating, by taking steroids.
@gpipeline 4 жыл бұрын
you are clueless.
@artemia79 11 ай бұрын
Because they blatantly disregarded the rules. To say they belong in the HOF is nothing but dumb. No Clemens, no A-rod, none of them "deserve" to be there.
@Atmosrainmusic 5 жыл бұрын
McGwire, Sosa and Clemens and a few others deserve to be in the HOF. They were an inspiration to countless kids in the 90’s. Including myself and McGwire was the reason I wanted to pick up a baseball bat. Juice or not they were the face of baseball in a time when it needed it most
@safee4540 Жыл бұрын
You left out Bonds???
@notglomethazine Жыл бұрын
@@safee4540 Bonds should be number one for sure
@safee4540 Жыл бұрын
@@notglomethazine 👍
@ButterBallTheOpossum Жыл бұрын
Clemens only used steroids when he was old.
@steveharper879 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I was a huge baseball fan back then but never in my life have I cared much about any sport at all since then. Watching a sport, being a fan, its about a combination of entertainment and inspiration they provide and if the steroids add to that then so be it. Mostly every sport in the world has its viewer appeal enhanced by benefits of steroids and it would be better off accepted.
@jimmyz7218 3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live. Amazing.
@LiLgPnoy15 3 жыл бұрын
A great year for baseball!
@EthnHayabusa 5 жыл бұрын
I have watched this video perhaps 15 times. Awesome.
@bodazaphfa 5 жыл бұрын
These were the last days that I watched MLB.
@tombambauer5220 Жыл бұрын
Bring back the juice!!!! Viewership and excitement will double. Damn it was a awesome Era.
@davidnewcomb2431 3 жыл бұрын
Being from west Tennessee...McGwire was my all time favorite Cardinal....we all was so proud of him when he was just destroying balls!!
@shawnevans4391 5 жыл бұрын
Nothing better than having fun!!!
@SteveZ919 4 жыл бұрын
RIP Stuwart Scott, as easily recognized as McGuire in his day.
@seannews90 3 жыл бұрын
God I miss this America 🇺🇸 !!!!
@Mr.Perry33 3 жыл бұрын
Before social media
@Bahllin9 Жыл бұрын
THE BEST era of baseball, ever. I don't care.
@m.christopher8824 5 жыл бұрын
1:35. Two Absolute Legends of the game, Hammerin Hank and Don Zimmer. They were before my time with two of my absolute favorites thanks to the internet
@jtmnavy 5 жыл бұрын
Mark and Sammy and Barry the best era of baseball ,,, and mo Vaughn ,, and ken Griffey and garret anderson
@joshspivey5879 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely agreed and I was 11 at the time! I remember watching this on TV 📺 and it was soooo cool to see this man hit absolute BOMBS 💣 OUT THERE!!
@billbaker7358 3 жыл бұрын
Best era of steroid baseball maybe
@RevolutionUprise 3 жыл бұрын
@@billbaker7358 either way it was a blast
@gerrypellissier9551 3 жыл бұрын
Pitching Wins Championships. Don't ever forget that!!!
@notsauer 3 жыл бұрын
Garret Anderson??? That’s who you mentioned with Mark, Sammy, Barry, and Griffey? No Big Hurt? No Bagwell? No Sheffield or Man-Ram?
@donbohaven952 Жыл бұрын
That was fun to watch Such memories
@michaeldurham3205 3 жыл бұрын
Remember this like yesterday, amazing
@DroBreez0 5 жыл бұрын
Watched this live
@gregory46236 5 жыл бұрын
3:06. Camera man runs over Kid.
@seanwaz4675 5 жыл бұрын
Pfiftyone Mustang inwatched this A few times 😂
@one7deep7savage7 5 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@johnnylawrence 5 жыл бұрын
And i bet it never made the news back then and people laughed and thought "kid get out of the way." Now, it'd be on NBC nightly news, a huge lawsuit, racial tensions, new regulations about fielding homeruns from the street, and social media uproar. Then in just a week something new happens and it's 100% old news.
@DDunc1020 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnnylawrence wow that was perfect, you are 100% correct sad world we live in now
@VirantRoss 3 жыл бұрын
Black kicks white
@hurricaneaquatics 3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this. This was a fantastic time of baseball and the last of the great times of enjoyment. Who cares what they were on? The fans were together, having a great time, etc. Now all people seem to do is complain about everything. Bring back the good times, when men were men.
@Fermion. 2 жыл бұрын
Right, if some juiced up behemoths want to ruin their bodies for our entertainment, have at it, good sirs. My popcorn stands at the ready.
@charlesmullins3238 Жыл бұрын
Watchin this back in 99 was awsome…
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