"If I knew what was coming all the time, I would have hit .700." Johnny Bench telling the truth.

I love it when he has Johnny Bench on the show although few and far between, he has some great stories.

Player bans should be handed down. Integrity is at risk. MLB failed to uphold the integrity of the sport in the weak punishment handed down. What Pete Rose did was nothing in comparison.

Crane’s arrogance tells me he knew. I don’t think he’s used to talking to people who don’t work for him.

Alex Cora was the bench coach, so I think he's the guy coordinating the sign stealing from the dugout.

Moral of Johnny Benches story. Cheating in baseball has been going on for a long time.

Love hearing Bench and Rose baseball stories. 👍🏻👍🏿

The GOAT of all catchers. Period.

I was such a Big Red Machine as a kid. Still am a Reds fan. Bench was the best ever behind the plate.

man I would luv to hear those stories. the red machine! total respect for those real baseball players. Despite a being Dodger fan, just miss old time players.

The players involved need to be banned for life. Period.

Best all around baseball catcher I ever saw. And as a Yankee fan, I loved the late great Thurman Munson.

I can't believe Bench only made 2.2 mil his whole career. That just shows you the ridiculous amount of money these guys get today. Bench is such a cool guy to listen to. I wish him well.

Lifetime bans starting with Altuve or else its going to be unbearable for all Astro players when not at home. The fans will not forgive nor forget. Has anyone ask how the Houston fans feel about it?

G.O.A.T. in his Catcher position....Mr. Bench!!!!

Guys like Johnny Bench couldn’t fathom doing this kind of crap.

Bench was a great catcher and team leader. IMHO, the best catcher ever. He was great with pitchers... You couldn't run on him. His presence alone would shut down the run game... If you did run? Had a cannon that would gun you down from the squat position... Hit for average and power... Then he got sawed open when he had lung surgery. Never the same after that, but still was the best in the game. Scary how much better he would have been. Mondo respect for Bench.

Best modern infield: 2009 Yankees - Teixeira, Cano, Jeter, A-Rod, Posada.

Big Red Machine infield, simply spectacular! They were men too ! ...rather sad acting current stars . Thanks for the post 👍

LOVE JOHNNY! BASEBALL NEEDS YOU BACK & PAY YOU MILLIONS!

I don't know if Johnny was the best catcher, but with his arm, being a master of the short-hop/glove, his bat..but most of all his on field presence... he was most definitely my favorite player. Now Campy was before my time so it's hard to compare these two...The great ones always want to be the guy at the plate when a hit is needed, and that's not for any other reason, than they don't trust anyone else to come through... more than themselves.....thx, guys for bringing him on...

Hey Patrick, when are you going to talk about the Red Sox cheating in 2018?

Notice Dan didn’t want to talk about The Red Sox stealing signs!

Bench is great. So he’s basically just covering for the Astros. Listen carefully

Remember guys this is the same guy who said Pete rose doesn’t belong in the hall of fame

STOP feeling bad for anyone who continues the bs that title isn't forever stained & cheating didn't help them smh. Farthest thing fom the best thing for baseball to sweep this under the carpet! Total bs! NOBODY buys they ignored the warning but just quit after winning WS ugh! Stop the nonsense, false analogies, & excuses!

The Right thing to do is vacate the title end of story then there is healing

The Big Red Machine would clobber the Cheatin' Astros.

MLB, my favorite pasttime, continues to humiliate itself by its allowing Houston to skate the punishment their actions demand: vacate the WS and banishment of players for one year without pay. The Red Sox need to vacate 2018 WS also. The bleatings of every shill MLB reporter, the pathetic avoiding nonsense of the guilty parties is embarrassing to fans.

The MLB All-Star Game was in Kansas City in 1973. Bill Singer pitched for the California Angels in 1973, not the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Johnny Bench is the best he knows the deal... love this guy ... listen to this guy... I used to see him in the 70s at Wrigley field... great person.. he has a great perspective on people that cheat.

I think the Cubs infield from that era was pretty good too. Ernie Banks on 1, Glen Becket on 2nd, Don Kessinger at ss, and Ron Santo on 3rd

Dont think Bench saw that press con with Jim Crane. Didnt even mention the fact he said it didnt effect the game.

the umpires didn't hear the whistle or can beating? they had to hear it,they hear any player complain about the strike zone so they heard all of it.total b.s all around the story

JB my favorite K of all time vs the A’s in the World Series

If someone is on second base and is so-called "stealing" sings, that's technically nothing more than observing the signs the catcher is throwing down. It's like when we say someone "crushed" the ball when technically he only hit the ball extremely hard. He didn't actually "crush" a baseball. Just like a guy on second doesn't actually "steal" the sign. Now, if you're in a casino playing blackjack and you observe the dealer consistently showing you his hand, would you not use that to your advantage? Of course, you would. And that wouldn't be considered cheating because you're not breaking any rules, you're simply observing the hand the dealer is showing you. But if you were to use a camera or electronic device in order to win? Well, we all know that the casino would not give the cheating poker player a pass. That cheater would get banned from that casino and possibly thrown in jail. And that same penalty should go for any of the astros players who participated in this cheating scandal. Period.

Curt Schillings take on the Black-Stros is the best. Chek it if u haven't yet...

I like how we're supposed to believe the cheating just stopped at some point in the early part of the 2018 season. Like the Astros suddenly grew a conscience out of nowhere. Please!!!

Answer: Make giving a pitcher signs illegal. Make 'em figure out what to throw themselves.

Johnny bench... it’s an honor

I want that shirt Seton got on his chair.

The fans and the media need to keep demanding the truth about 2018 and 2019 and the buzzers. We deserve to know the truth. MLB and the Astros are trying like hell to sweep this under the rug, but there's a lot more that has yet to come out.

Bench got divorced and his ex was asked about being married to the greatest catcher to ever play. She said "Johnny Bench may have been a Hall of Fame catcher but in the bedroom he was a minor leaguer.

2002 Yankees. The whole infield made the all star team. Jason Giambi*, 1B; Derek Jeter, SS; Jorge Posada*; C, Alfonso Soriano*, 2B; Robin Ventura, 3B;

Houston Asterisks*

Stealing signs isn't the issue but stealing signs by electronics is the problem and that is cheating.

What guy expects gifts on Valentines day...

How much would bench make nowadays?? Good question

Johnny is the truth.

The best infield of all time is st.louis early 60's infield of 1B Bill White, 2B Julian Javier, ss Dick Groat, 3b Ken Boyer. they were the best in the early 60's they called them the million dollar In field.

Altuve should show the shitty tattoo that Correa claims he was trying to cover up after the walkoff

What Bench is talking about is totally different (and fine) then putting a camera on the catcher from the outfield and relaying the sign to your dugout then to your batter. What the Astros did should never be forgotten. They actually stole a championship. Idiots.

Mr. Blue Emu himself!

Hard to believe that those great players were paid pennies compared to today's players.

Sounds like Johnny Bench is kind of defending the owner of the Astros in all of this. It's weird considering how condemning of Pete Rose he is for gambling and the impact/message it would send to kids if Rose was reinstated or allowed in the HOF. Makes me think he actually was/is jealous of Rose.

If the Astros voluntarily gave up their 2017 trophy that would be a start

This is going to to be a bad year for MLB there going to be fans arrested,an lots of problems for the astros.

We need to destroy the Astros at every away game this coming season, let's give them the worst experience ever at every game so this never happens again, let's roast them from start to finish every game, all game long, all 81 games!✌

MLB just gave boxing credibility.

This should've been titled: johnny bench rambles about when he used to play baseball

Co-star of Baseball Bunch. DP needs a proper bio for JB.

Well I got to agree with Johnny Bench here. If anybody at all in Major League Baseball can destroy a dynasty, it would be mr. Dusty Baker himself.

Garvey/Lopes/Russell/Cey.

For the record, ARod, Jeter, Cano, Texeira, & Posada were probably the greatest infield ever aswel, I'll put their numbers up against the big Red's infield anytime, not taking anything away from Johnny Bench & his infield!✌

F-ing cheaters forever.

Come on johnny jim crane didnt know what was going on!! he was probably one of the master minds putting the buzzers inside the players uniforms!!

This is the worst scandal for baseball ever! No punishment!l I wonder what little league coaches tell their players about this.

If anything the stats make it look like the Red Sox cheated in 2018 WS

I can't believe Johnny Bench said he "felt bad for Jim Crane" and called him a "quality individual." After two minutes of this interview, I could not listen any more.

Why aren't the Patriot cheating scandals getting this much attention?!

This guy is making lite of this serious situation just because he’s friends with the owner of the Astros!

Bill Singer put mocos on his baseball.

am I weird but this seems odd to me. People have been reading signals for a century. I don't know why this is such a big deal. Been going on for years

Carlos Correa spilled the beans yesterday, they know exactly who were cheating like he said, Altuve didn’t want to used the bangs, they have to come and punish those players then, they owes it to the fans and not to the Houston fans remember they are 29 more teams with fans as well, remember the fans are the one who helps to pay their salaries.

Johnny bench!

Cost hum 5 mill chump change he made more than that selling ws merch hell getting to the ws

Just lost a lot of respect for Johnny. "I feel bad for Jim crane." What?! The guy had a budget for cheating and "dark arts." Defending him saying it didn't help. C'mon Johnny

A great player and terrible to ask about current baseball. Half of this was old baseball stories when he was asked about what's happening now.

Johnny is full of it. Feeling sorry for a billionaire? They ALL knew. No wonder Pete hates him.

Maybe u getting old timers

Dan...Reds best infield ever. Dodgers 2nd best ? Dan's response....meah ? WTH Dan !

All u do is get older and Dumber

Sandoval Crawford panic belt posey at catcher

Patrick sounds all nasally like people on the PA at every grocery store in the country. Clean up on aisle 2.

I never liked the Astros before the scandal...they are punks..but let me tell you this now. If this ever happened in the 60s they would spend more time on the dirt, on their butts, then they would on the basepaths...Gibson, Drysdale, Koufax, Marichal, etc....that is NOT a joke. That is when baseball was a mans game, and played correctly, and players were more worried about moving a runner over than their launch angle.. what a shame. That's why I have made what has always been my number two sport my new number one...NHRA drag racing baby!!!!.. maybe when baseball is a mans game again I will watch it. Till then? GOODBYE

Houston patriots....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Bench is so old school he doesn't understand the technology used to cheat.... what he did back when and what the Astros did are very different.

I kinda glad it Happen Now there's no excuse not letting Pete Rose in the Hall Along with Ask Davey Concepcion

#BoycottMLB #StripTheTitle

Hashtag FREE PETE ROSE

Heres Johnny Bench talking about stealing signs . EVERY TEAM TRIES . EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT .

Amazing, people condemning the Astros when telling stories how they stole signs.

Bench is lost on this one.

Go to baseball reference & look at the stats, this over the top hype about this just doesn't bear out. 2019 Astros lost every home game, if they had were cheating didn't seem to work. Now the way they did it was against the rules, but sign stealing is part of the game.

🐂💩toro poo poo

Bean Altuve!! See if the wire tells him it's coming!!

What a waisted interview. Don’t really care who Bench is there wasn’t much Astros talk

Joe Morgan is the best player he has ever seen? He must be on drugs... Lol...

I can't believe Johnny B can't stand up for Rose!! He is now a sell out!! Crane is his friend ..hmmmm!!! He's been against Rose but what his friend did ( Crane )and his staff and players out and out cheated at its worst case scenario is far beyond the pale of catching signs by watching your opponent and learning tendencies, this is just sick hearing J B and where he stands with his friend

That is absolutely one of the worst interviews I have been witness to. Dan was trying real hard with Bench and it didn't pan out. Dan's the best though.