Will British Guys Be Impressed By Tony Gwynn? (MLB Reaction)

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Will British Guys Be Impressed By Tony Gwynn? (MLB Reaction)

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@Rad_Brad813 Ай бұрын

Hey guys! idk why but YT has hidden you from me for a while. Not cool lol. Seeing as you are a big Padres fan, but still, pretty new to the franchise, have you ever heard of a game against the Padres known as "The No No"? It is a massively historic game for an EXTREMELY strange reason. The opposing pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dock Ellis was hiiiiigh as a Georgia pine on LSD and threw a no hitter! There is a really awesome 4.5 minute animated video that is narrated by the Doc himself(audio recorded a year before he passed away) made by a channel called "Victory Journal". Doc spins a super groovy tale of the events, starting from 2 days prior to the game, all the way until the last pitch. But again, only 4.5 minutes I don't know if I can share the link, but the video is titled "No Mas Presents: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden". I HIGHLY recommend you watch it, and it is appropriate to view on cam, as nothing graphic is really shown or talked about. It was a radio interview so it had to be suitable for audiences. I would love if you could do a video on it for us!! or at least watch it off cam and tell me what you thought!

@allenporter6586 Ай бұрын

A baseball can be juiced by wrapping the string that makes up most of the ball tighter, this would make the ball harder making the collision with the bat more elastic (less energy lost due to deformation of the ball) which would make the ball fly farther. Probably wasn't the start of the steroid juicing era, as HR's fell back to normal the next year and players didn't suddenly "bulk up". Ted Williams "picking his teeth" with Tony's bat is a joke. Players today use much lighter bats than they used in past. A normal bat of today is 34-38 ozs. where as in the 40s and 50's many players used 40+ oz bats.

@steveweisser3748 Ай бұрын

People don't realize just how kind, gracious, and humble Tony Gwynn was. My teen-aged cousin had cancer and was an avid Tony Gwynn fan. After years of battling cancer and near his death, he was visited by Tony. Tony came to his house and stayed for several hours talking with my cousin while he was awake and sitting by his side signing the hundreds of Tony Gwynn baseball cards my cousin had while my cousin periodically fell asleep. There wasn't media or a team PR person there, just Tony. I'm sure he wasn't perfect, nobody is, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a super-star (or any person really) that's a better human being than Tony Gwynn.

@farbod21 Ай бұрын

I grew up in San Diego. The man was a gem. I dont think I have ever seen a player symbolize or be loved by his city the way Tony did.

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Love this! Thank you for the comment 🙏

@brettg274 Ай бұрын

Same, my dad had season tickets behind 3B in the 80’s and 90’s when I was a kid. I grew up watching some terrible teams until 1996 & 1998,, but always had fun watching Tony chase the Batting Title, and usually getting it. RIP Mr Padre

@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle Ай бұрын

Lmao, you obviously weren't paying attention to what was going on the East Coast at the same time, since Cal Ripken Jr. is exactly that. Cal is a Maryland native, his dad was a legendary coach for the O's, and Cal's younger brother Billy played for the O's as well. The Ripken family, particularly Cal Jr., are/were Mid-Atlantic royalty.

@erolbulut2584 Ай бұрын

As a Reds fan, I can say he was the most respected player to come through Cincinnati. Gone too soon.

@brettg274 Ай бұрын

I see you guys laughing at the San Diego Chicken 😂 Just know he is also a San Diego icon, who revolutionized the job of mascot, and eventually left SD and became nationally known as The Famous Chicken.

@j.frankparnell Ай бұрын

You're thinking of Greg Maddox. Greatest finesse pitcher of all time. Started with Cubs but spent most of his career with the Braves

@BrettNance37 Ай бұрын

Ted Williams’s joke about picking his teeth with the bat was him teasing Tony about using a comparatively light bat.

@Idontknowmeself Ай бұрын

I am a diehard Padres fan, lived my whole life here in San Diego and played baseball all the way through my first year of college. Tony Gwynn is an ICON here for us San Diegans, one of the greatest hitters of all time and an even better person. I know I speak for all Padres fans when I say that we loved that man dearly and I still get choked up thinking about him. So happy to see you guys get to learn about the greatness of Mr. Padre

@johndompor7833 Ай бұрын

As a San Diegan who grew up with the 90's-2000's Padres, Tony Gwynn IS our hero. I'll put it like this, he was considered to be a better man than he was a baseball player, so that says a lot about his character. He was out and about in the community all the time, and always took time to greet fans out in public. Even while coaching at SDSU Baseball, I heard you could catch him in the parking lot and hew would take the time to talk to you. He is the embodiment of the phrase "Stay Classy, San Diego".

@npflaum Ай бұрын

It's so nice to see someone appreciate the Padres from across the pond. I went to my first Padres game as a wee girl in 1978. It wasn't always easy to be a Padres fan, but it sure was fun. I'm forever grateful Tony stayed with San Diego when he could have left and made so much more money elsewhere. His son, Anthony does commentary for the Padres now, and they sound SO much alike that I have to remind myself that it isn't Tony. What a class act he was.

@brianmoore6724 Ай бұрын

My best baseball moment…playing in a police tournament at Tony Gwynn Stadium in 2001 on the campus of San Diego State University. Come off the field at the end of the inning and who is in the dugout but Tony himself. He started clapping and saying “ok who’s our leadoff who’s our leadoff.” I said uh me. He said ok let’s go then. I get up and line the first pitch to center for a hit and as I return to first I see Tony standing up clapping and shouting “that’s for you do it boys, that’s leadoff,” and then exited the dugout. It was a surreal moment. Tony was so special.

@brettg274 Ай бұрын

Some mind-blowing Tony Gwynn stats: Tony Gwynn never hit below .300 in his career, other than his rookie season when he hit .289 in 54 games, a 19-year streak surpassed only by Ty Cobb. A career .338 hitter, he would had to have gone on a streak of 0-for-1183 to dip below .300 (about two full seasons). He finished his career with only 434 strikeouts over 20 seasons, an average of fewer than 22 per season. Many players will reach that total number of strikeouts in only 2 seasons of play. He only had ONE three-strikeout game in his entire career, and only 33 games with two. No hitter born after 1900 reached 3000 career hits in fewer games than Gwynn. He had his career-high 220 hits in his age 37 season. Every other hitter with a career .338 avg or better started playing before 1940. Gwynn had 9 five-hit games, surpassed only by Pete Rose with 10. Gwynn had 323 at-bats against Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz, four of the greatest pitchers of the era. He only struck out 3 times, 2 of them by Glavine. Maddux and Martinez never struck him out.

@roblemon9258 Ай бұрын

"You just cant do it. Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different release points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitchers hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision. Except for the (expletive) Tony Gwynn" Still my favorite quote about Tony from Greg Maddux hahaha

@samc1513 Ай бұрын

Another great hitter was Ichiro Suzuki. He played 9 years in the Japanese league and had 1,278 hits. In his MLB career he played 19 seasons and had 3,089 hits...that is astounding!

@colleenmonell1601 Ай бұрын

Born and raised a Padre fan and Mr. Padre Tony Gwynn was, is and will always be the greatest, kindest and most humble humans. We were lucky to have him. RIP Tony!

@frankisfunny2007 Ай бұрын

Gwynn is a rarity! He grew up in San Diego, went to college to San Diego State University, and played for his childhood team in the San Diego Padres for his whole career. Since 1960, only Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr (Orioles), Derek Jeter (Yankees) and Larry "Chipper" Jones (Braves) played their whole career with their childhood team. All 4 are Baseball Hall of Famers. -- at least counting more than 15 seasons

@nasa258e Ай бұрын

So glad you did this. One of the nicest men I have ever met. Coached at my school while I was there

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

That’s awesome! He really did seem like such a nice guy. Appreciate the comment 🙏

@SlinginDillys Ай бұрын

Let's Go Padres!! We're glad to have you on board. If you ever get a chance you have to see a game at petco park. Go on a Friday night game it's like a big party!

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

That would be awesome! One day, definitely one day! 🤞🤞 Appreciate the comment, thank you 🙏

@cullendonnelly8173 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest pure hitters of recent years... he just would hit them in whatever gap the opponents gave him... regardless of the pitcher. A maestro with the bat. Love your baseball journey!

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Appreciate the comment 🙏🏼

@gregorywilliams1308 Ай бұрын

Over the years, there had been different "Ball Era": There was a Dead Ball Era etc. Every now and then Home Runs become more frequent, then there is theory that the Ball is "Juiced" which means the League has altered the production of the Balls. You can wound the balls tighter or looser, will make it react differently depending.

@ramonalfaro3252 Ай бұрын

My brother played with Chris (Tony's younger brother) at San Diego State & on The USA 1984 Olympic Team. I briefly got to meet Tony, But Chris is a genuinely sweet guy.

@Veninja Ай бұрын

Texas Rangers fan here, love the Tony Gwynn reaction. One of my favorite players all time, and like many others have already commented, the man had a fantastic character and huge heart.

@jimbosmmgl Ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to be Stationed in San Diego and Long Beach while in the Navy in the late 1980s. I got to see a lot of games at San Diego, La Dodgers and Angel games. Ticket prices in those days were very reasonable. Tony Gwynn stood out. Pure hitter! The visiting teams that I saw the most at Padres and Dodgers games was the NY Mets who were contenders in that era. The road team that I saw the most at Angels games were the Oakland A's also contenders with Canseco and McGuire. Being from my hometown of Buffalo who only had Triple A baseball, I felt honored to be able to attend games in that era of baseball.

@glenkrisch4844 Ай бұрын

Gywnn had more college basketball assists than strikeouts in the MLB.

@adamp2029 Ай бұрын

His son, Tony Jr. is easily my favorite color announcer now. His insights into the game are awesome. And an occasional good story about his dad.

@brettg274 Ай бұрын

He was a great defensive CF in his own right.

@adamp2029 Ай бұрын

@@brettg274 and he played a bit for my Phillies 😁

@christopherfranklin9838 Ай бұрын

And he sounds just like his dad

@jeremyfarnsworth4610 Ай бұрын

Hey guys, half way through the video, wanted to stop and post because I've heard the name Musial twice now. He's someone you need to look up. Lifetime Cardinal and considered up there with the likes of Babe, Willaims, Aaron and Mays. A top 10 player of all time and the reason my father was named Stan. Love the channel, watched almost everyday for over a year now. Hello, from Vermont, USA.

@christophermckinney3924 Ай бұрын

You just witnessed the greatest mascot in all of American sports, the San Diego Chicken.

@arturobonilla2489 Ай бұрын

7:34 San Diego Chicken is classic SD Sports Fair. Tony is Mr. Padre or Mr. San Diego still to this day. We have a statue of him at Petco.

@gregcable3250 Ай бұрын

Ted Williams ("the Splendid Splinter") is, by general consensus, the greatest hitter ever. Period. Last person to hit over .400 (hit .406 in 1941). He missed 3 full seasons during WWII 1943-45, then almost 2 full seasons during the Korean War in the early 1950s (he was a fighter pilot!). In all he missed almost 5 full seasons and would likely have easily surpassed Babe Ruth in home runs. His lifetime batting average was .344 and age 41, his last year he only had 390 at bats (usual is over 500) and hit 29 homers and batter .316--which would be an excellent year now. In his last at bat of his career he hit a home run. Legend. Absolutely no peer as a hitter. You should do a retrospective on Ted Williams. The picked his teeth joke is because of the small size of Tony's bat.

@Greenlion781 Ай бұрын

When I was 9 years old in 1987, I watched a segment on the show Kiner's Corner (Ralph Kiner former slugger for the Pirates was a Mets broadcaster who did a postgame show) where he interviewed an assistant commissioner of MLB about the allegations of the ball being "juiced up" for that season. I was inspired to write a letter to the commissioner's office, and actually got a typewritten reply denying the allegations, and advancing the theory that players were making great advances strength and athleticism. Little did I know at that time as a kid that retrospectively, that kind of reads as a euphemism for the beginning of steroids in the game!

@HRConsultant_Jeff Ай бұрын

I watched Tony Gwynn's first game in San Diego. Always a class guy and we lost him way too soon. I think he would have become a great coach over time. By the way, I have been a Padre fan since 1955 when they were a small minor league team and Ted Williams was a member of their team in 1937 on his way to becoming one of the best hitters in Baseball, and Tony is in that group as well.

@macdreezy Ай бұрын

Mr. PADRE ❤❤❤. Just look at his hitting numbers. Truly unbelievable 19

@trefen2534 Ай бұрын

"Juiced Ball" controversies go back to the beginning of baseball. Anytime there's a change in offense trends people start talking about whether the ball has changed/should change. The most recent juiced ball controversy was in 2019, when hits/runs skyrocketed from noticeably different balls, and then offense went back down when the balls changed back in the post season. MLB and Rowlings claimed it wasn't intentional, but rather a quality control issue that they couldn't quite explain. "Rabbit ball" is an old term. Back in the 1930's offense exploded and they called it "Rabbit Ball" because the ball moved like a jack rabbit i.e. very fast. In response, The National League raised the stitches and made their ball heavier to slow down the ball, while the American League changed the stitching but kept the same weight so their players would keep hitting homeruns (largely because people loved seeing Babe Ruth hit homers).

@nemesisfc2 Ай бұрын

Went to my first Padres game in the then San Diego Stadium in 1976 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. I was six years old. Been a fan since. I remember Gwynn's rookie season, I remember talking to him in right field before the game and getting his autograph over multiple years. What a great time for me as a kid

@chuckw1021 Ай бұрын

Tony Gwynn was just the coolest guy. He put our town on the sports map. It's also cool that you guys want to learn baseball. I've become a EPL fan and I love it.

@iamdondawson Ай бұрын

The numbers on that color coded chart represent the batters batting average against pitches at that spot in the strike zone.

@iamdondawson Ай бұрын

Haha, just got to the part where Nick figured it out. Carry on!

@yang-it-yin7002 Ай бұрын

I'm convinced that Tony Gywnn would have finished over 400 avg. the year they canceled the season with a month to go. He was locked in it that year, especially following the All-Star break. Generally the last month of the season teams are allowed to expand their rosters with minor leaguers. Therefore, Tony would have faced many of those minor leaguers which he would have ripped apart. It's a real shame he was denied that opportunity. I feel fortunate to have witnessed this great hitter countless times over his entire career. I was at his final game which I was fortunate enough to witness another Hall of Famer Ricky Henderson receive his 3,000th hit.

@gracielynn9623 Ай бұрын

This guy is one of my favorite offensive baseball players of all time. He is also one of the greatest.

@CheekandBluster Ай бұрын

Just FYI, Tony Gwynn died so young because of cancer. He'd gone through several treatments for cancer of the parotid gland, which is near the mouth. Gwynn himself suspected that the condition was a result of his longtime addiction to chewing smokeless tobacco, which he began doing when he was in rookie ball in about 1980. Chewing tobacco used to be a habit very common among ballplayers at least as late as the '70s and '80s. I think you don't see it as much among them any more, because guys finally fully caught on to what a health risk it is (besides being f***ing disgusting). Anyway, after his death Gwynn's family won an undisclosed sum by suing smokeless tobacco companies for contributing to his early demise.

@visarr Ай бұрын

Ridiculous considering he knew it could/would cause cancer.

@danberman1545 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, a lot of baseball players still chew tobacco. They just do a better job of hiding it. I believe it's against the rules openly put in a dip while on the field or even in the dugout.

@visarr Ай бұрын

@@danberman1545 I don't have a problem with anyone's vices. But to sue the companies when they know it's bad for you and the judges let them get away with it is strange to me. Lack of personal responsibility.

@bad2debone825 Ай бұрын

Mr. San Diego. Thanks again for all the memories. Glad we have a team thats starting to resemble those 90s teams.

@matthewcorya7514 Ай бұрын

I watch him play in person for his whole career here in San Diego he was the most humble person you could meet. His own father was mad at him for not signing with another team for more money. But he refuse to leave San Diego. His brother Chris and his son Tony jr. Both played for the Padre too in their careers.

@Flirken1 Ай бұрын

Idk if there’s any good videos on Stan the man Musial, but he was an absolute stud. I believe he missed the 1945 season because he was drafted for WW2 as well

@glenkrisch4844 Ай бұрын

OMG, Tony Gwynn was so good. He beat my Cubs in 1984, but I still was a fan for the rest of his career.

@creature1273 Ай бұрын

So i feel like stories are make things more fun then stats. And Tony has some of the great ones. This is from a show i listen to and the guest on the shows favorite player was Gwynn. He was a HS pitcher so nothing special, but he had gone to a hitting camp of Tony's and got to throw live AB's to Gwynn. The fun part of the story is Tony is instructing while going through live AB's, and every pitch he the guy through, Tony would call out the pit, the location, and where he was hitting it as the pitch was being thrown. And continuing on with his instruction all at the same time. I am not sure why but these sort of fun stories show how much more impressive these people were than any number ever could.

@WahooSerious Ай бұрын

The way the ball is wound and the core itself can change the way the ball comes off the bat

@patrickhinojosa165 Ай бұрын

Tony was greatness, also the greatest mascot was the San Diego Chicken. I think now it's just the Chicken. He revolutionized sports mascots.

@gregcable3250 Ай бұрын

Pitcher you're thinking of is Greg Maddux. Incredible control and pitch variation (and smarts). Also, maybe the best fielding pitcher ever.

@LeroyCrawford-hc2fo Ай бұрын

You're right, it was Ted Williams, he had saying that I liked, hit um where they ain't

@alphaXdragon 28 күн бұрын

So, the bit about Ted Williams picking his teeth with Gwynn's bat was likely a joke between them, and Gywnn continued to use it when talking about their first meeting. I am a lifelong Padres fan and remember that Gwynn used an extremely small bat compared to other hitters not just for when he played but one of the shortest in history. I have to use some Freedom units to give the measurements, but Gywnns bat was 32-inches long, Ted Williams used a 35-inch bat and most hitters use something closer to Williams size than Gwynns.

@gracielynn9623 Ай бұрын

I just want to say thank you for bringing back more of the traditional 4 PM Eastern uploads. I’m very happy to see more of them making a return. I’m sure many others have noticed as well and are very appreciative. This is the great content that helped most of us find your channel in the first place. Keep up the great work guys. ❤️❤️

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Thank you Gracie and thank you for the donation! We are doing our best to get some sort of sports schedule going. Appreciate the patience and the support 🙏🏼

@brians2869 Ай бұрын

One of the best clinical hitters of all time... seriously struck out less in his career than a normal dude would do in their career

@brians2869 Ай бұрын

In a year, sorry

@darrinlindsey Ай бұрын

The smartest hitter in the timeframe right before Tony, was Rod Carew. I marveled at the hitting knowledge and ability of Mr. Carew in my childhood. I've always envied the guys that take the time to be the best they can be. He did run into some injury issues late in his career.

@frank.reilly5510 Ай бұрын

Happy to see a Brit get into baseball thanks for being a padre fan

@thelonelyphish Ай бұрын

Finally! The video I have been waiting for, I never got to watch Mr Padre play bc I was born in 01 but he was still a massively influential person in San Diego

@arturobonilla2489 Ай бұрын

Friar faithful 🙌

@frank.reilly5510 Ай бұрын

I grew up in San Diego. It was a true pleasure to watch Tony Gwen‘s entire career as we were both the same age, many baseball games I went to. Had the pleasure of having brief conversations with him as well always the same humble honest and always had time to speak to anybody and everybody and it didn’t have to be about baseball. Thank you Tony. Let’s go Padres.🙌🙌🙌 let’s go Padres🙌🙌🙌 let’s go Padres🙌🙌🙌. Thanks for sharing this guys.

@brettg274 Ай бұрын

T Gwynn had better than 20/20 vision, like many great hitters. He and Ted Williams (the last man to hit .400, and another San Diego Padre player before they were in the MLB) were great friends as students and professors of hitting. Tony would use marker to write numbers on his batting practice balls, and then try identify and to call them out as they were pitched to him.

@johnnyc0882 Ай бұрын

Several seasons have had juiced balls (balls that carry further when hit), the ones that come to mind are 1987, 1996 (tons of players hit more than 30 home runs that season), maybe 1999 and 2019

@Hessen84 Ай бұрын

Finally! I have been posting in the discord about Tony Gwynn in the discord for a while.

@srellison561 Ай бұрын

A baseball has a cork core with string or twine wrapped around it and then a leather covering. If the string or twine is wound extra tight around the center core, the baseball leaves the bat a lot faster. That would be a "juiced" ball, but it would be easy to determine, just by cutting a ball in half and comparing it to a non-juiced ball.

@psymar Ай бұрын

Dudes have been juicing since well before 1986. The "juiced balls" theory was that there was a change to how baseballs were manufactured that resulted in more home runs. The process is pretty secretive so it's entirely possible it happened whether intended or not. Similar theories surrounded 1968, the Year of the Pitcher, and have come back into vogue with another home run resurgence the last few years.

@psymar Ай бұрын

Some of those numbers in the chart at 14:00 did start with a 2 in the corners, but given the book is by Ted Williams, I suspect those numbers are for Ted Williams career, yes

@jimquest2220 Ай бұрын

It is Ted Williams, funny thing Ted grew up in San Diego too. And played in pacific coast league there

@theprettyanxiouskoko6876 29 күн бұрын

Baseballs juiced means the winding inside the balls are wound tighter, so its harder and goes further when hit.

@christopherfranklin9838 Ай бұрын

I was at the 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego for my 10th birthday

@tigersmurf Ай бұрын

Just needed to point out: in the early part of the video it showed 3,000 hit club members and italicized those who were lefties. Ichiro Suzuki's name was not italicized, but he did bat left handed. Maybe because he throws right-handed they got confused. But as a M's fan I had to correct this mistake.

@Cornan1980 Ай бұрын

8:42 - Saying "the ball has been juiced" is basically saying that it's not the players who are responsible for a spike in offense by using steroids or something, but that the league has modified the specifications of how the ball is made, and it's caused the ball to react differently. There was a recent semi-scandal year where the ball was altered and players hated it. MLB reserves the rights to change the ball construction as they wish. So sometimes when there's a league-wide offensive spike, one of the first things you hear is speculation that this year, the ball is juiced.

@jwestphal1978 Ай бұрын

One of my childhood favorites

@Danielren123 Ай бұрын

The mlb plays with the baseball a lot for example in 2019 the baseball was juiced and there were tons of homers. They changed it after this season

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Ah, interesting, wasn’t aware of this. Really appreciate the comment and the info, thanks 🙏

@MrStephenLodge Ай бұрын

The three games Mets played against the Padres were fun. Three wins for the Mets with a run differential of ten. 😈😁

@jshoebot Ай бұрын

Still have a ball he tossed me over the right field fence in 96 when I was 10 years old. Love Tony. Damo, if you’ve got a mailing address let me know. I have a lot of Gwynn stuff from the 90s in triplicate, I’d send some to you as you’re an adopted San Diegan!

@phunkjnky Ай бұрын

Nick, I believe what we are looking at on the back of Williams ' book was his "heat chart," where hit average was for each spot in his strike zone.

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Thank you! I think I mentioned that later on in the video 😀

@thebigbear4696 Ай бұрын

Tony Gwynn was one of the the most respected players in all of baseball history. By teammates, opponents, umpires, coaches, managers, team officials, former players, future players, media and ALL fans. Truly a classy person that just went out there and amassed hits day in and day out. Cardinals fan here saying Tony was one of my favorite players growing.

@vtjbproductions Ай бұрын

You nailed it, about the rectangle with the balls and averages. It was his average in those areas

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@rainysaurus Ай бұрын

Very obscure TG19 fact: If you match up college basketball games… there’s a chance Gwynn played college basketball against Kevin Nash, WWE wrestler (Tennessee Volunteers vs SDSU Aztecs)

@daveswaney5460 25 күн бұрын

If the manufacturer winds the yarn tighter in the ball, it will return more energy into the bounce off the bat. That's a juiced ball. Whether it happens is a large discussion and argument.

@HRConsultant_Jeff Ай бұрын

changing the winding of the ball can change the hardness or softness of the ball as well as the stitching which can affect the pitcher as well as the aerodynamics of the ball so yes you can blame the ball to some extent. Babe Ruth hit homeruns with softer balls (harder to hit out) but also smaller stadiums in many cases, but maybe better starting pitchers, BUT pitchers stayed in when they were not doing well and often pitched all 9 innings (there were no relief specialists) so you can see there is plenty of reasons on all sides for a big hitting season and blaming juiced balls.

@jamisonweaver3711 Ай бұрын

Stan the Man. Check out Nap Lajole. So good the team changed their OFFICIAL name to the Naps

@timbaker6540 Ай бұрын

If you are not being fooled by the pitcher, that makes you a smart hitter

@ThomasCellini-wo2on Ай бұрын

He was a great hitter

@andrewlipkin7127 Ай бұрын

Y’all should definitely get a copy of Ted Williams book on hitting. Very quick but excellent read. A lot of modern hitting is based on that book

@johnwhite345 Ай бұрын

There’s a lot of history behind the San Diego chicken you should do a video about it

@jacobbutler4024 Ай бұрын

Tony Gwinn was my first ever baseball card

@thedave5748 Ай бұрын

The baseball graphic shows a batters average when he swings at pitches in that area

@phunkjnky Ай бұрын

Damo, the 5.5 is the gap between the 5 (third baseman) and the 6 (shortstop), a Tony Gwynn specialty.

@DNReacts Ай бұрын

Thank you for the confirming 🙏

@brianmoore6724 Ай бұрын

Think there are better Gwynn videos that really break down how much better he was hitting than his contemporaries of that time. His average with two strikes what he did against Maddux and such. It explains the picking teeth because it explains how small and light his bat was cause of his tiny hands. Tim Kurkjians piece after his hall of fame selection

@Greenlion781 Ай бұрын

I think the pitcher you're thinking of is Greg Maddux

@bleachedbrother Ай бұрын

12:01 Greg Maddux pitched for the Cubs & Braves

@allenporter6586 Ай бұрын

He also pitched for the Padres at the end of his career.

@jimknowlton342 Ай бұрын

Didn't know Ichiro was a right handed batter :P

@timbaker6540 Ай бұрын

Teddy “Ball game” Williams

@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle Ай бұрын

It's more like: Ted "Teddy Ballgame" Williams But you're close.

@arsenal1787 Ай бұрын

My all time favorite player. Please do something on Ricky Henderson as well.

@jimquest2220 Ай бұрын

Pitcher, Greg Maddux

@johnwhite345 Ай бұрын

Baseballs can be wound tighter in the middle to make them jump off the bat

@padresteve619 Ай бұрын

Let’s go Padres!

@nathaniel3985 Ай бұрын

i don't know if this was answered yet but pretty sure the strike zone with the averages were ted williams averages on every area of the strike zone throughout his career. just guessing based on the fact the averages were so high

@GreenJeepAdventures Ай бұрын

"Self-discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." -Tony Gwynn Going back to your oblong, square, or rectangle, if you are patient enough to wait for pitches that are in your sweet spot, then naturally your averages will go up. Take the time to know yourself and study your opponent, and apply what you learn. Here is a video idea for you guys. You each ask 5 questions about baseball you wish you knew, do a little research and present it to each other...share your findings. For starters, ask "who is the person with least amount of strikeouts in a career?" Who was the worst player in MLB history? What is the biggest blowout in MLB history? You get the idea. Even ask your Discord for suggestions.

@user-jz8vv4sc7k Ай бұрын

Look up, Ted Williams stats, analyze them & when you're done, be sure to remember Ted gave up 3 years to serve his country in WWII at the prime of his Caeer... Gwynn was a pure hitter just like Ted...